Pleurotoid fungi

Side-attached fungi/oyster mushrooms

Pleurotus ostreatus

Gilled fungi with laterally-attached fruiting bodies are classified as pleurotoid (Gr.: pleurē \+ ōtos \+ -oid, literally "side-ear form" or "having the likeness of Pleurotus ssp."). Pleurotoid fungi are typically wood-decay fungi and are found on dead and dying trees and coarse woody debris. The pleurotoid form is polyphyletic, having evolved a number of times within the Basidiomycota.[1] Many species of pleurotoid fungi are commonly referred to as "oyster" mushrooms.[2] Laterally-attached fungi with pores rather than gills are referred to as bracket fungi.

## Genera

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Tectella operculata

### Agaricales

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* Cheimonophyllum
* Crepidotus
* Hohenbuehelia
* Hypsizygus
* Ossicaulis
* Panellus
* Phyllotopsis
* Pleurocybella — Angel wings
* Pleurotus — Oyster mushrooms
* Resupinatus — Oysterlings
* Schizophyllum
* Tectella

### Polyporales

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* Lentinus
* Panus

### Russulales

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* Lactifluus \- some species
* Lentinellus
* Russula \- some species

## References

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1. ^ Thorn, R.G.; et al. (2000). "Phylogenetic analyses and the distribution of nematophagy support monophyletic Pleurotaceae within the polyphyletic pleurotoid-lentinoid fungi". Mycologia. 92 (2). Mycologia, Vol. 92, No. 2: 241–252\. doi:10.2307/3761557. JSTOR 3761557.
2. ^ Kuo, M. (February 2005). "Oysters: Pleurotoid mushrooms". MushroomExpert.com. Retrieved 2011-04-08.

## External links

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* Brown, Dorothy E.; Gibson, Ian (2003). "Trial field key to the PLEUROTOID SPECIES in the Pacific Northwest". Pacific Northwest Key Council. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
* Lincoff, Gary (2006). "Field Key: 6 Pleurotoid: oyster mushroom group". Northeast Mycological Federation Inc. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
* Bojantchev, Dimitar. "Pleurotoid Fungi". MushroomHobby.com. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
* Magic Mushrooms Effects & How To Grow Magic Mushrooms Retrieved 2020-10-06.