Pleurotus geesterani: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Pleurotaceae
- Genus
- Pleurotus
- Species
- Pleurotus geesterani
- Scientific Name
- Pleurotus geesterani
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pleurotus geesterani
Pleurotus geesterani, also known as pocket-sized oyster, is an edible species of fungus in the family Pleurotaceae, described as new to science by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1962. It can be cultivated, and it has gained popularity in China (under the name 秀珍菇, xiùzhēn gū) for its umami taste.
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Sibling Taxa
- Pleurotus australis
- Pleurotus calyptratus
- Pleurotus citrinopileatus
- Pleurotus cornucopiae
- Pleurotus craspedius
- Pleurotus cystidiosus
- Pleurotus decipiens
- Pleurotus djamor
- Pleurotus dryinus
- Pleurotus eugrammus
- Pleurotus euosmus
- Pleurotus flavolanatus
- Pleurotus fuscosquamulosus
- Pleurotus geesterani
- Pleurotus giganteus
- Pleurotus gilvescens
- Pleurotus lenticula
- Pleurotus levis
- Pleurotus limpidus
- Pleurotus luteoalbus
- Pleurotus noctilucens
- Pleurotus orizabensis
- Pleurotus ostreatus
- Pleurotus pubescens
- Pleurotus purpureo-olivaceus
- Pleurotus sapidus
- Pleurotus serotinoides
- Pleurotus smithii
- Pleurotus subareolatus
- Pleurotus subbarbatulus
- Pleurotus subhaedinus
- Pleurotus terrestris
- Pleurotus tuber-regium
- Pleurotus tuoliensis
- Pleurotus velatus
- Pleurotus viscidulus