 Phylum：Basidiomycota >> Class： Basidiomycetes >> Order： Agaricales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Pleurotus ostreatus | |||
| Author： |
Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacquin : Fr.) Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. 85. 1871. |
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| Description： |
Pileus 5-10 cm, shell- or spatula-shaped, grayish white to brownish gray, smooth, margin. Gills deccurrent along stipe, white to grayish white. Stipe eccentric, 1-3 × 1-2 cm, solid, white, smooth. Spores cylindric, hyaline, smooth, I-, 7-9 × –3.5 μm. Cystidia not seen. Hyphae with clamps. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Nantou: Meifeng, on rotten wood, 18 Feb. 1998, CWN 02898 (TNM F0010721). |
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| Habitat： |
Lignicolus. On trunks of various broad-leaved trees. | |||
| Distribution： |
Cosmopolitan. |
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| References： |
Imazeki, R. and Hongo, T. 1987; Breitenbach, J. and Kranzlin, E. 1991; Chang, T. T. et al. 2001. |
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| Provided： |
W. N. Chou |
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| Note： |
This species is edible and cultivated in many countries. | |||