Crepidotus albescens

Crepidotus albescens is a species of saprophytic fungus in the family Crepidotaceae with a stipeless sessile cap.^[5][6]

Crepidotus albescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Crepidotaceae
Genus:	Crepidotus
Species:	C. albescens
Binomial name
Crepidotus albescens (Murrill) Redhead[1][2]
Synonyms
Pleurotus albescens (Murrill)[3] Geopetalum albescens[4]

Description

Crepidotus albescens is distinguished by its remarkably elongate cheilocystidia which is subcylindric to more or less narrowly flask shaped (lageniform). The pileipellis is made up of filamentous, undifferentiated terminal elements.^[6]