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Pleurotus subostreatus

Cooke

Pleurotaceae Edible: Fungus, Mushroom

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Description

A tropical mushroom of the Pleurotaceae family that grows in dead wood.

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Edible Uses

The fruiting body is edible as a mushroom.

Distribution

A tropical plant. They grow in dead wood.

Where It Grows

Asia, SE Asia, Singapore,

References (1)

  • Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 2 (I-Z) p 1802

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