Concept information
Preferred term
Pleurotus
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Mushroom, Oyster
- Oyster Mushroom
- Oyster Mushrooms
Scope note
- A genus of basidiomycetous fungi, family Pleurotaceae, order AGARICALES, that grows on logs or tree stumps in shelflike layers. The species P. ostreatus, the oyster mushroom, is a choice edible species and is the most frequently encountered member of the genus in eastern North America. (Alexopoulos et al., Introductory Mycology, 4th ed, p531)
History note
- 99
In other languages
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Finnish
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osterisieni
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pleurotus
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Swedish
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Ostronmussling
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Shimeji svamp
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020076
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