Pleurotus australis, the brown oyster mushroom, is a gilled fungus native to Australia and New Zealand. It is found on dead wood. Although morphologically similar to some other Pleurotus fungi, it has been shown to be a distinct species incapable of cross-breeding.[2][3]
| Pleurotus australis |
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| Pleurotus australis (Brown oyster mushroom) on peppermint tree, Callcup block, D'Entrecasteaux National Park, April 2017 |
| Scientific classification |
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Pleurotaceae |
| Genus: | Pleurotus |
| Species: | P. australis |
| Binomial name |
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Pleurotus australis
(Cooke & Massee) Sacc. (1891)[1] |
| Synonyms |
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- Agaricus australis Cooke & Massee (1887)
- Dendrosarcus australis (Cooke & Massee) Kuntze (1898)
- Agaricus leptospermi F.Muell. (1888)
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| Pleurotus australis |
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 | gills on hymenium |
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 | cap is offset |
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 | hymenium is decurrent |
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 | lacks a stipe |
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 | ecology is saprotrophic |
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 | edibility: unknown |
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