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oyster cap
fungus
Also known as: Pleurotus ostreatus
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species of Agaricales
- In Agaricales: Other families and genera
…from tree trunks is the oyster cap (Pleurotus ostreatus; family Pleurotaceae), so called because of its appearance. It is edible when young, but, as with most shelf and bracket fungi, it tends to become hard or leathery with age.
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