Pleurotus australis

Pleurotus australis
Pleurotus australis (brown oyster mushroom) on peppermint tree, Callcup block, D'Entrecasteaux National Park, April 2017
Scientific 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
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.