First person to use this name on MO: Nathan Wilson
Editors: Alan Rockefeller, Joseph D. Cohen, GALL Alain
Observations of:
This Name (727)
This Taxon, any name (730)
Other Taxa, this name proposed (117)
Rank: Species
Status: Accepted
Name: Pleurotus ostreatus
Author: (Jacq.) P. Kumm.
Citation: Führ. Pilzk. (Zerbst): 104 (1871)
Synonym(s): Pleurotus opuntiae (Durieu & Lév.) Sacc.
Deprecated Synonyms: Pleurotus sapidus, Agaricus ostreatus Jacq., Crepidopus ostreatus (Jacq.) Gray, Crepidopus ostreatus (Jacq.) Gray var. ostreatus, Dendrosarcus ostreatus (Jacq.) Kuntze, Pleurotus pulmonarius sensu auct., Agaricus ostreatus Jacq. subsp. ostreatus, Agaricus salignus Pers., Pleurotus salignus (Schrad.) P. Kumm., Pleurotus ostreatus f. salignus (Pers.) Pilát, Agaricus salignus Pers. var. salignus, Agaricus opuntiae Durieu & Lév., Dendrosarcus opuntiae (Lév.) Kuntze, Panellus opuntiae (Durieu & Lév.) Z.S. Bi, Pleurotus ostreatus subsp. opuntiae (Lév.) A. Ortega & Vizoso, Agaricus revolutus J. Kickx f., Pleurotus revolutus (J. Kickx f.) Gillet, Dendrosarcus revolutus (J. Kickx f.) Kuntze, Oyster Mushroom
Misspellings: Pluerotus ostreatus, Ostreatus, Pleurotus optuniae, Pleurotus ostreotus
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pleurotaceae
Genus: Pleurotus
Pileus: 5-25 cm broad, fan or oyster-shaped; Natural specimens range from white to gray or tan to dark-brown; margin inrolled when young, smooth and often somewhat lobed or wavy. Flesh white, firm, varies in thickness due to stipe arrangement.
Lamellae: Gills are white to cream, descend stalk if present. If so, stipe off-center with lateral attachment to wood.
Spores: The spores form a white to lilac-gray print on dark media. Spores 7.5-9 × 3.5-4.5 µm, smooth, elliptical, nonamyloid.
Stipe: Often absent. When present it is short and thick.
Taste: Mild
Odor: Often has a mild scent of anise.
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