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Pleurotus pulmonarius, commonly known as the Indian oyster, Italian oyster, phoenix mushroom, or the lung oyster, is a mushroom very similar to Pleurotus ostreatus, the pearl oyster, but with a few noticeable differences. The caps of pulmonarius are much paler and smaller than ostreatus and develops more of a stem.
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 ]
Cultivator-mycologists often incorrectly use the name Pleurotus sajor-caju for some warm weather varieties of Pleurotus pulmonarius, a commonly cultivated species of Oyster Mushroom. The real Pleurotus sajor-caju is a completely separate species of mushroom, which was returned to the genus Lentinus by Pegler in 1975.
Pleurotus cystidiosus O.K.Mill. 1969 (edible) [2] D. Pleurotus djamor. Pleurotus decipiens Corner 1981; ... Pleurotus pulmonarius. Pleurotus palmicola Beeli 1938;
The Latin pleurotus (side-ear) refers to the sideways growth of the stem with respect to the cap, while the Latin ostreatus (and the English common name, oyster) refers to the shape of the cap which resembles the bivalve of the same name. [2] The reference to oyster may also derive from the slippery texture of the mushroom. [2]
Pleurotus populinus, the aspen oyster mushroom, is a gilled fungus native to North America. It is found on dead wood of aspen and cottonwood trees (genus Populus ). Although morphologically similar to Pleurotus ostreatus and Pleurotus pulmonarius , it has been shown to be a distinct species incapable of cross-breeding . [ 1 ]
Lentinus levis is a species of edible [7] [8] fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It was described by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1853 and given its current name in 1915 by William Murrill. As a saprotroph, it can be cultivated. [7] In nature it grows in subtropical to tropical climate. [9]
Pleurotus sajor-caju may refer to: Some warm weather varieties of Pleurotus pulmonarius , a commonly cultivated species of oyster mushroom , often incorrectly called Pleurotus sajor-caju Lentinus sajor-caju , a species of mushroom formerly called Pleurotus sajor-caju