Name:		Pleurotus ostreatus var. nigricans Sacc. & Traverso
Status:		Variety
Taxonomic position:		Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm. [Species] Pleurotus (Fr.) P. Kumm. [Genus] Pleurotaceae Kühner [Family] Agaricales Underw. [Order] Agaricomycetidae [Subclass] Agaricomycetes Doweld [Class] Agaricomycotina Doweld [Subdivision / Subphylum] Basidiomycota R.T. Moore [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Catalogue data:		Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 20: 456
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Landcare [New Zealand] New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]