Oyster mushroom

Pleurotus ostreatus

Genus Pleurotus. Family Pleurotaceae. Order Agaricales.

Oyster mushroom — Photographs 1 — **Oyster mushroom.**
Photo Салавата Арсланова

Description

Pleurotus ostreatus, commonly known as the oyster mushroom, grey oyster mushroom, oyster fungus, hiratake, or pearl oyster mushroom, is a popular edible mushroom found in temperate and subtropical forests around the world.

Traits

Edibility: Inedible

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Photographs

Oyster mushroom — Photographs 4 — **Oyster mushroom.**
Photo Ивана Матершева

Oyster mushroom — Photographs 5 — **Oyster mushroom. Mycological illustration.**
Cooke, M. C.; Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Oyster mushroom

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