Pleurotaceae Gallery

Pleurotus species (oyster mushrooms) and allies

Pleurotus cornucopiae

Pleurotus dryinus

Pleurotus ostreatus

The family Pleurotaceae includes the genera Pleurotus, Hohenbuehelia and a few other less well known genera such as Acanthocystis and Geopetalum, whose species are rarely encountered on fungus forays in Britain and Ireland and so they are not currently featured on this website.

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