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Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster Mushroom)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Pleurotus ostreatus, the oyster mushroom, is a common edible mushroom. It was first cultivated in Germany as a subsistence measure during World War I and is now grown commercially around the world for food. It is related to the similarly cultivated king oyster mushroom. Oyster mushrooms can also be used industrially for mycoremediation purposes. The oyster mushroom is one of the more commonly sought wild mushrooms, though it can also be cultivated on straw and other media. It has the bittersweet aroma of benzaldehyde (which is also characteristic of bitter almonds).
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Infraspecies

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Edwin S. George Reserve 1297 Michigan, United States

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Fagus sylvatica (European beech)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Armillaria mellea (Honey Fungus)1
Bjerkandera adusta (Smoky Bracket)1
Daedalea quercina (Oak Mazegill)1
Hymenopellis radicata (Soapy Knight)1

Predators

Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer)[2]
Sciurus carolinensis (eastern gray squirrel)[2]
Terrapene carolina (Florida Box Turtle)[2]
Hypogastrura nivicola (snow flea)[2]

Providers

Consumers

Shelter for 
Hypogastrura nivicola (snow flea)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Ecology of Commanster
2Study of Northern Virginia Ecology
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0