Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Pleurotaceae
Species: Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) Quél.
Synonyms: Agaricus ostreatus
Agaricus salignus
Pleurotus columbrinus
Pleurotus ostreatus var. columbinus
Pleurotus revolutus
Pleurotus salignus
Common Name: Oyster Mushroom
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Pleurotus ostreatusPhotographer: © Ronnie Irvine
Photographer: © Ronnie Irvine

Photographer: © Ronnie Irvine
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (2)
Populus (1)
Prunus laurocerasus (1)
Tilia cordata x platyphyllos (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Woodland: mixed (3)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Grassland: neutral, semi-improved, lowland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Tree (4)
Fallen Tree (3)
Stump (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
August (2)
September (10)
October (7)
November (5)
December (2)