Oyster Mushroom
Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P.Kumm.
A species in the family Pleurotaceae, order Agaricales. Recorded under 72 common names across 35 languages.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Pleurotaceae
- Genus
- Pleurotus
What it is called
- English
- Oyster Mushroom
- Swedish
- ostronmussling
- Norwegian
- blågrå østerssopp
- Danish
- Almindelig østershat
- Finnish
- osterivinokas
- German
- Austernpilz, Austernseitling
- French
- Pleurote en forme d'huître, Pleurote en huître
- Albanian
- Këpurdha perlë
- Basque
- belarri landu, belarri landua, ostra-belarri landua
- Belarusian
- Вешанка звычайная
- Catalan
- Orellana, clopisons, gírgola
- Chinese
- 平菇, 糙皮侧耳, 糙皮側耳
- Czech
- hlíva ústřičná
- Dutch
- Gewone oesterzwam
- Estonian
- austerservik
- Hebrew
- אוזנית הצדף
- Hungarian
- Kései laskagomba, Késői laskagomba
- Japanese
- アワビタケ, カンタケ, ヒラタケ
- Korean
- 느타리버섯
- Latvian
- Austeru sānause
- Lithuanian
- Gluosninė kreivabudė
- Luxembourgish
- Echte Muschelpilz
- Malay
- cendawan tiram
- Ojibwa
- Mitgo‐pikwajish
- Polish
- Boczniak ostrygowaty
- Portuguese
- Repolga
- Russian
- Вешенка устричная, Вёшенка обыкновенная
- Serbian
- Bukovača, Буковача
- Slovak
- Hliva ustricovitá
- Slovenian
- Bukov ostrigar
- Spanish
- Gírgola Común, Hongo blanco, Hongo del cazahuate
- Tamil
- பரல் கிளிஞ்சல் காளான்
- Turkish
- istiridye mantarı
- Ukrainian
- Глива звичайна, Глива черепичаста, Гливичка звичайна
- Welsh
- Wystrysen y Coed
Also known as
Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.
- Agaricus allochrous var. ochraceus (Pers.) Pers.
- Agaricus convivarum Dunal
- Agaricus glandulosus Bull.
- Agaricus glandulosus var. horizontalis Alb. & Schwein.
- Agaricus limpidus Fr.
- Agaricus macropus (Bagl.) Bagl.
- Agaricus ostreatus Jacq.
- Agaricus ostreatus subsp. glandulosus (Bull.) G.Winter
- Agaricus ostreatus subsp. gyrinus Pers.
- Agaricus ostreatus subsp. ostreatus
- Agaricus ostreatus var. atroalbus Pers.
- Agaricus ostreatus var. dryadeus Fr.
- Agaricus ostreatus var. flavocinereus Pers.
- Agaricus ostreatus var. flavovirens V.Brig.
- Agaricus ostreatus var. fuscescens Alb. & Schwein.
- Agaricus ostreatus var. glaucoumbrinus Schumach.
- Agaricus ostreatus var. macropus Bagl.
- Agaricus ostreatus var. melanoderma V.Brig.
- Agaricus ostreatus var. nigripes Inzenga
- Agaricus ostreatus var. reticulatus (Schumach.) Fr.
- Agaricus salignus Pers.
- Agaricus salignus subsp. ochraceus (Pers.) Fr.
- Agaricus salignus subsp. salignus
- Agaricus salignus var. fuligineus Pers.
Others in Pleurotus
Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).
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