Name:		Pleurotus ostreatus P. Kumm., (1871) page 105
Basionym:		Agaricus ostreatus Jacq.
Synonym(s):		Pleurotus limpidus (Fr.) Gillet Pleurotus salignus (Pers.) P. Kumm. (1871) Pleurotus sapidus Kalchbr. Pleurotus columbinus Quél. Pleurotus similis Peck (1901)
Status:		Species
Taxonomic position:		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]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Pleurotus ostreatus forma carpathicus (Fr.) Pilát Pleurotus ostreatus forma columbinus (Quél.) Pilát Pleurotus ostreatus forma cornucopiae (Paulet) Quél. Pleurotus ostreatus forma florida Cetto Pleurotus ostreatus forma ostreatus Pleurotus ostreatus forma peregrinus (Hazsl.) Pilát Pleurotus ostreatus forma pulmonarius (Fr.) Pilát Pleurotus ostreatus forma salignus (Pers. ex Fr.) Konrad & Maubl. Pleurotus ostreatus forma subalutaceus Malençon & Bertault Pleurotus ostreatus forma suberis (Pat.) Malençon & Bertault Pleurotus ostreatus subsp. opuntiae (Lév.) A. Ortega & Vizoso Pleurotus ostreatus subsp. ostreatus Pleurotus ostreatus var. appalachiensis O. Hilber Pleurotus ostreatus var. columbinus (Quél.) Quél. Pleurotus ostreatus var. euosmus (Berk.) Massee Pleurotus ostreatus var. flavocinereus (Pers.) Sacc. Pleurotus ostreatus var. flavovirens (V. Brig.) Sacc. Pleurotus ostreatus var. glandulosus (Bull.) Fr. Pleurotus ostreatus var. magnificus Peck Pleurotus ostreatus var. melanodon (V. Brig.) Sacc. Pleurotus ostreatus var. nigricans (Trotter) Sacc. & Traverso Pleurotus ostreatus var. nudipes (Boud.) Sacc. & Syd. Pleurotus ostreatus var. ostreatus Pleurotus ostreatus var. pulmonarius (Fr.) Iordanov, Vanev & Fakirova Pleurotus ostreatus var. salignus Pleurotus ostreatus var. stipitatus Scalia
Catalogue data:		Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 5: 355
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (170 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]