Pleuroflammula praestans

The fruitbody consists of a cap atop a stem, which is usually well off-centre. The cap is dry, may be up to 3 centimetres across, usually more-or less semicircular, yellow to yellow brown and somewhat woolly to scaly. The edge is somewhat frilly, though the frilly edge (the remnant of a partial veil) may be eroded with age. The gills are yellow-brown and serrated. The stem colour is similar to that of the cap, is often very short (but has been reported to reach 10 millimetres at times) and has a ring-like remnant of a partial veil (but, as with the frilly cap edge, the veil remnant may erode).

Spore print: rusty brown.

The fruitbodies grow on rotting wood or bark. A description of this species was first published in 1978, based on material collected in New Zealand. It has been found at various, widely separated places in southern Australia.

Look-alikes

This species could easily be mistaken for a Crepidotus – but there is no veil in that genus. Clearly there is more potential for confusion if the veil remnants have eroded and a definite identification would then rely on microscopic features.   

Regional distribution

Pleuroflammula praestans is listed in the following regions: