oyster mushroom

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === oyster mushroom (plural oyster mushrooms) (US) The mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus, which in the wild grows chiefly on hardwood trees, and is cultivated for food. Any of several mushrooms of the genus Pleurotus cultivated for food. 2006, OECD, Safety Assessment of Transgenic Organisms, OECD Consensus Documents, Volume 1, page 277, Oyster mushroom is regarded as one of the commercially important edible mushrooms throughout the world. It consists of a number of different species including Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus sajor-caju, […] The oyster mushroom is the second most important mushroom in production around the world, accounting for 25% of total world production of cultivated mushrooms. ==== Synonyms ==== (mushroom of genus Pleurotus): abalone mushroom, tree oyster, woods oyster ==== Hypernyms ==== tree mushroom (mushroom that grows on wood) ==== Derived terms ==== abalone oyster mushroom (Pleurotus cystidiosus) branching oyster mushroom (Pleurotus cornucopiae) brown oyster mushroom (Pleurotus australis) golden oyster mushroom (Pleurotus citrinopileatus) king oyster mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii) tarragon oyster mushroom (Pleurotus euosmus) veiled oyster mushroom (Pleurotus dryinus) ==== Translations ====