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Pleurotus pulmonarius

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Pleurotus pulmonarius
Pleurotus pulmonarius

Scientific classification Kingdom: Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus: Species: Fungi Basidiomycota AgaricomycetesAgaricales Tricholomataceae Pleurotus P. pulmonarius Binomial name Pleurotus pulmonarius (Fr.) Quél. 1872

Pleurotus pulmonarius

Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium cap is offset orconvex hymenium is decurrent stipe is bare spore print is white ecology is saprotrophic

Pleurotus pulmonarius

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edibility: choice

Commonly known as the Indian Oyster, Phoenix Mushroom, or theLung Oyster, Pleurotus pulmonarius is very similar to Pleurotus ostreatus, the pearl oyster, but has a few noticeable differences. The caps of pulmonarius are much paler and smaller than ostreatus anddevelops more of a stem. Pulmonarius also prefers warmer weather than ostreatus and will appear later in the summer. Otherwise, the taste and cultivation of the two species is generally described aslargely the same.[1] In North America, P. pulmonarius also closely resembles Pleurotus populinus, which is restricted to growing on aspen and cottonwood (genus Populus).[2]

Natural Habitat
P.pulmonarius is widespread in temperate and subtropical forests throughout the world. In the eastern United States, this species is generally found on hardwoods while in the west it is commonly found onconifers.[1]

Etymology and history
• 1821 First published as Agaricus pulmonarius by Fr. • 1975 Disambiguated from Pleurotus sajor-caju by Pegler

Description
• • • • • • • Pileus: 5 — 20+ cm,convex, becoming broadly convex to flat Gills: Decurrent Spore Print: White to yellowish Stipe: Short and offset from the center of the cap Taste: Odor: Microscopic features: Spores white to yellowish tolavender-gray when dense, more or less cylindrical, 7.5-11 x 3-4 μ[1]

Cultivation
The cultivation of Pleurotus Pulmonarius is very similar to how one would cultivate other types of Pleurotus...