Pleurotus abieticola is an edible[1] species of fungus in the family Pleurotaceae, described as new to science by mycologists R.H. Petersen & K.W. Hughes in 1997. It grows on rotten wood of Picea in subalpine forests dominated by it. It has been reported first in far‐eastern Russia (Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve), and then northeastern China (Songjianghe and Baihe [Wikidata] in Jilin) and northwestern Russia (north of Saint Petersburg).[1] It can be cultivated.[2] Phylogenetic research has shown that while it belongs to P. ostreatus clade, it forms its own intersterility group.[3]
^Vilgalys, R.; Moncalvo, J.M.; Liou, S.R.; Volovsek, M. (1996). "Recent advances in molecular systematics of the genus Pleurotus"(PDF). In Royse, D.J. (ed.). Mushroom biology and mushroom products: proceedings of the 2nd International Conference, June 9–12, 1996. University Park, PA (USA): Pennsylvania State University: World Society for Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products. pp. 91–101. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
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