Pleurotus australis

Pleurotus australis
Pleurotus australis (brown oyster mushroom on peppermint tree), Callcup block, D'Entrecasteaux National Park, April 2017
Pleurotus australis (brown oyster mushroom) on peppermint tree, Callcup block, D'Entrecasteaux National Park, April 2017
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pleurotaceae
Genus: Pleurotus
Species:
P. australis
Binomial name
Pleurotus australis
(Cooke & Massee) Sacc. (1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Agaricus australis Cooke & Massee (1887)
  • Dendrosarcus australis (Cooke & Massee) Kuntze (1898)
  • Agaricus leptospermi F.Muell. (1888)
Pleurotus australis
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is offset
Hymenium is decurrent
Lacks a stipe
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is unknown

Pleurotus australis, the brown oyster mushroom, is a gilled fungus native to Australia and New Zealand. [2] It is found on dead wood, particularly mānuka and ngāhere.[2] Although morphologically similar to some other Pleurotus fungi, it has been shown to be a distinct species incapable of cross-breeding.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pleurotus australis". Interactive Catalogue of Australian Fungi. Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. Archived from the original on 2011-03-15. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
  2. ^ a b Sisson, Liv; Vigus, Paula (2023). Fungi of Aotearoa: a curious forager's field guide. Auckland, New Zealand: Penguin Books. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-76104-787-9. OCLC 1372569849.
  3. ^ Zervakis, Georgios I.; Moncalvo, Jean-Marc; Vilgalys, Rytas (2004). "Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and speciation of the mushroom species Pleurotus cystidiosus and allied taxa". Microbiology. 150 (Pt 3): 715–726. doi:10.1099/mic.0.26673-0. PMID 14993321.
  4. ^ Segedin, BP; Buchanan, PK; Wilkie, JP (1995). "Studies in the Agaricales of New Zealand: New species, new records and renamed species of Pleurotus (Pleurotaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 8 (3): 453–482. doi:10.1071/SB9950453.


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