Pleurotus australis

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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
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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, 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]

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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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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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