Pleurotus ostreatus

species of fungus
Taxon taxon Q186451
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Summary

Pleurotus ostreatus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.56% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,252 views/month, #1,093 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: cultivated mushroom[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Pleurotus[5]
  • Taxon name: Pleurotus ostreatus[6]
  • Subclass of: edible mushroom[7]
  • Commons category: Pleurotus ostreatus[8]
  • Has basionym: Agaricus ostreatus[9]
  • Hymenium type: lamella[10]
  • Mushroom cap shape: offset mushroom cap[11]
  • Hymenium attachment: decurrent hymenium attachment[12]
  • Stipe character: bare stipe[13]
  • Spore print color: white[14]
  • Mushroom ecological type: saprobiont[15]
  • Edibility: choice mushroom[16], edible mushroom[17], medicinal mushrooms[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pleurotus ostreatus[19]
  • Commons gallery: Pleurotus ostreatus[20]
  • Taxon synonym: Agaricus ostreatus[21], Agaricus salignus var. fuligineus[22], Agaricus glandulosus var. horizontalis[23], Agaricus ostreatus subsp. gyrinus[24], Agaricus ostreatus var. atroalbus[25], Agaricus ostreatus var. dryadeus[26], Agaricus ostreatus var. flavocinereus[27], Agaricus ostreatus var. flavovirens[28], Agaricus ostreatus var. fuscescens[29], Agaricus ostreatus var. glaucoumbrinus[30], Agaricus ostreatus var. macropus[31], Agaricus ostreatus var. melanoderma[32], Agaricus ostreatus var. nigripes[33], Agaricus ostreatus var. reticulatus[34]
  • Short name: P. ostreatus[35]
  • Taxon common name: wystrysen y coed[36], 糙皮側耳[37], Gewone oesterzwam[38], hlíva ústřičná[39], osterivinokas[40], Austernseitling[41], oreyona[42], oyster mushroom[43], orellana[44], 糙皮侧耳[45]

Body

Identifiers

Pleurotus ostreatus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5322[46]. Pleurotus ostreatus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1028614[47]. Pleurotus ostreatus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2526530[48].

Why It Matters

Pleurotus ostreatus has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 115 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . species. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [46] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Die Positivliste der Speisepilze (Stand: 20.06.2019). wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Standard list on edibility of mushrooms in Norway. Retrieved . soppognyttevekster.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Diversity of edible and medicinal fungi from National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest, China. wikidata.org.
  18. [47] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [48] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [31] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [32] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [33] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [34] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [36] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [37] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [38] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [39] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [40] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [41] ↑ . Datenbank der Pilze Deutschlands. Retrieved . pilze-deutschland.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [42] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [45] ↑ . Diversity of edible and medicinal fungi from National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest, China. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0202182-hliva-ustricna
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  4. 21w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edibility → choice mushroom, edible mushroom, medicinal mushrooms
    Has basionym → Agaricus ostreatus
    Parent taxon → Pleurotus
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