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Definition of Oyster fungus

1. Noun. Edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oyster Fungus

Literary usage of Oyster fungus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"the former run down the stem; the top is pale grey, which becomes darker as the plants get older. Mrs. Hussey reports well of the oyster-fungus, ..."

2. Forty years in the medical profession, 1858-1898 by John Janvier Black (1900)
"The oyster fungus, Pleurotus ostreatus, has no central stalk, but grows to trees attached by a short stalk at the side. They grow in clusters attached to a ..."

3. Minnesota Plant Diseases by Edward Monroe Freeman (1905)
"Of these the oyster fungus (Pleuro- tus ostreatus) and the |-| sapid fungus (Pleuro- V. tus sapidus) are best .5 t known and very com- £. 2 mon forms. ..."

4. Eating to Live: With Some Advice to the Gouty, the Rheumatic, and the by John Janvier Black (1906)
"The oyster fungus, Pleurotus Ostreatus, has no central stalk, but grows to trees attached by a short stalk at the side. They grow in clusters attached to a ..."

5. Eating to Live: With Some Advice to the Gouty, the Rheumatic, and the by John Janvier Black (1906)
"The oyster fungus, Pleurotus Ostreatus, has no central stalk, but grows to trees attached by a short stalk at the side. They grow in clusters attached to a ..."

6. Eating to Live: With Some Advice to the Gouty, the Rheumatic, and the by John Janvier Black (1906)
"... are mostly small and grow in swamps and woods. The gills are yellowish. Some are edible and some are poisonous. The oyster fungus, Pleurotus Ostreatus, ..."

7. Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1898)
"The oyster fungus is so called, not because it tastes like an oyster, ... The oyster fungus is generally at its best quite late, in the season, ..."

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