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Oyster mushroom - Definition and Overview

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Oyster mushroom

Conservation status: Secure


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Oyster mushroom


Fruiting body of the Oyster mushroom on a log
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Fungi
Phylum:Basidiomycota
Class:Homobasidiomycetes
Order:Agaricales
Family:Tricholomataceae
Genus:Pleurotus
Species:ostreatus
Binomial name
Pleurotus ostreatus
Champ. Jura. Vosg. 1: 112, 1872


The Oyster mushroom, or Pleurotus ostreatus, is a common mushroom prized for its edibility and lack of confusing look-alikes.


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