🍄 Family

Pleurotaceae

15 species · Fungi

Fungi › Basidiomycota › Agaricomycetes › Agaricales › Pleurotaceae

Resupinatus applicatus (Batsch) Gray

Resupinatus applicatus is a small saprobic fungus that grows on decaying wood, distributed across North America, Europe, and Australia.

Pleurotus dryinus (Pers.) P.Kumm.

Pleurotus dryinus is an edible oyster mushroom that attacks nematodes and grows on hardwood, found in Europe and North America.

Pleurotus cornucopiae (Paulet) Quél.

Pleurotus cornucopiae is an edible oyster mushroom that grows on broadleaf dead wood, cultivated similarly to P. ostreatus.

Pleurotus purpureo-olivaceus (G.Stev.) Segedin, P.K.Buchanan & J.P.Wilkie

Pleurotus purpureo-olivaceus is a distinct gilled fungus native to Australia and New Zealand found on dead Nothofagus wood.

Pleurotus australis Sacc.

Pleurotus australis, the brown oyster mushroom, is a distinct native gilled fungus of Australia and New Zealand that grows on dead wood.

Pleurotus citrinopileatus Singer

Pleurotus citrinopileatus, the golden oyster mushroom, is a cultivated wood-decay fungus that has naturalized widely across multiple continents.

Pleurotus calyptratus (Lindblad ex Fr.) Sacc.

Pleurotus calyptratus is an endangered European oyster mushroom relative that grows on weakened poplars.

Pleurotus tuber-regium (Fr.) Singer

Pleurotus tuber-regium, the king tuber mushroom, is an edible tropical fungus used for food and medicine.

Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P.Kumm.

Pleurotus ostreatus, the oyster mushroom, is a widely cultivated edible decomposer mushroom with nematode-trapping and mycoremediation abilities.

Pleurotus pulmonarius (Fr.) Quél.

Pleurotus pulmonarius is a widely cultivated oyster mushroom with potential medicinal properties studied in animal and in vitro research.

Pleurotus eryngii (DC.) Quél.

Pleurotus eryngii, the king oyster mushroom, is a widely cultivated edible nematode-trapping fungus with culinary uses.

Pleurotus albidus (Berk.) Pegler

Pleurotus albidus is a cultivable edible fungus from the Americas in the Pleurotaceae family, forming its own intersterility group in the P. ostreatus clade.

Pleurotus populinus O.Hilber & O.K.Mill.

Pleurotus populinus is an oyster mushroom that grows on rotting hardwood in North America, fruiting in June and July.

Pleurotus djamor (Rumph. ex Fr.) Boedijn

Pleurotus djamor, the pink oyster mushroom, is a widely cultivated edible mushroom found in tropical and subtropical regions.

Hohenbuehelia petaloides (Bull.) Schulzer

Hohenbuehelia petaloides is a saprobic, nematophagous mushroom that grows on decaying wood and is edible despite its tough texture.

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Amanitaceae 87 species Agaricaceae 83 species Tricholomataceae 66 species Hygrophoraceae 63 species Hymenogastraceae 59 species Mycenaceae 53 species Cortinariaceae 40 species Strophariaceae 39 species

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