Angel Wings
FamilyPhyllotopsidaceae
EdibilityPoisonous
HabitatConifer logs
SeasonAutumn
About the Angel Wings
Pleurocybella porrigens, delicate white shelves shaped like wings. Eaten safely in Japan for generations. In 2004 it caused fatal brain disease in dozens of Japanese patients, almost all with existing kidney disease. People with kidney problems must strictly avoid it. Now treated with caution worldwide.
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