About Pleurotus albidus (Berk.) Pegler
Pleurotus albidus (Berk.) Pegler is an edible fungus species belonging to the Pleurotaceae family. It is distributed across the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. It was first described as a new species to science by Miles Joseph Berkeley, and was given its current scientific name by David Norman Pegler in 1983. This fungus grows on trees including Salix humboldtiana, other willow species, Populus, and Araucaria angustifolia, and it can be cultivated by people. Phylogenetic studies show that although Pleurotus albidus is part of the Pleurotus ostreatus clade, it forms its own distinct intersterility group.
