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Oyster mushrooms may be used in sauces, such as vegetarian oyster sauce. The mushroom's taste has been described as mild with a slight odor similar to anise . The oyster mushroom is best when picked young; as the mushroom ages, the flesh becomes tough and the flavor becomes acrid and unpleasant.
Hohenbuehelia petaloides, commonly known as the leaflike oyster [2] or the shoehorn oyster mushroom, [3] is a species of agaric fungus belonging to the family Pleurotaceae. [4] The fruit bodies have pale to brown funnel-shaped caps with decurrent gills [ 2 ] and are considered edible. [ 5 ]
Oyster mushroom cultivation has taken off in Europe as of late. Many entrepreneurs nowadays find it as a quite profitable business, a start-up with a small investment and good profit. Italy with 785,000 tonnes and Netherlands with 307,000 tonnes are between the top ten mushroom producing countries in the world.
The pink oyster mushroom grows in tropical and subtropical areas, growing as far north as Japan and as far south as New Zealand. [2] In Hawai'i , pink oyster mushrooms often grow on fallen coconuts, and on the stalks of palm fronds, though they can also be found on fallen ōhiʻa branches in the forests of the Hawaiian island Kaua'i .
Pleurotus is a genus of gilled mushrooms which includes one of the most widely eaten mushrooms, P. ostreatus.Species of Pleurotus may be called oyster, abalone, or tree mushrooms, and are some of the most commonly cultivated edible mushrooms in the world. [1]
Pleurotus pulmonarius is the most cultivated oyster mushroom (Pleurotus) species in Europe and North America. The most popular varieties for cultivation are the warm weather varieties, often marketed by spawn manufacturers and cultivators under the incorrect name "Pleurotus sajor-caju".