Pleurotaceae is a family of fungi that contains the 4 genera Agaricochaete, Geopetalum, Hohenbuehelia and Pleurotus, the oyster mushroom.
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- Pleurotus ostreatus: Oyster Mushroom Photograph and information on this species, the fruitbody of which can produce a hundred million spores an hour.
- California Fungi: Pleurotus ostreatus Commonly known as the oyster mushroom, photograph and description of this edible species, further comments and links to other photographs.
- Hohenbuehelia petaloides Article by Tom Volk on this interesting fungus, which besides living on rotting wood, also traps and eats nematodes.
- Pleurotus ostreatus Article by Tom Volk on this edible fungus, the Oyster Mushroom, some other fungi with which it might be confused, and some other Pleurotus species.
- Pleurotus ostreatus A scanning electron micrograph image of a portion of the hymenium.