Peeling Oysterling, Jelly Crep, Flabby Crepidotus
This cosmopolitan species is common in the PNW where it can grow on both conifers and hardwood, but prefers hardwoods such as red alder. Caps run from less than an inch to two inches across. They are fan-shaped to kidney shaped and plane to planoconvex, but in wet weather may look hemispherical. The surface is finely fibrillose to finely scaly initially, but becomes bald with age. It is tacky or moist to touch. The color is tan to ochre. The context is off-white to tan and somewhat elastic. The pileus is peelable, as shown in one of the photos. There is no stipe and the brownish gills radiate out from the point of attachment, with numerous short gills. They drop a tobacco brown spore print. There is no odor and the taste is bland. Edibility is unknown, but the species is possibly poisonous. It should not be consumed. This species has long been known as Crepidotus mollis in the PNW, which it closely resembles, but genetic studies point to the absence of that species and the presence of C. calolepis.