page_title: Pleurotus
section_title: Phylogenetic species
hierarchical_section_title: Pleurotus / Phylogeny / Phylogenetic species
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Zitronenseitlinge oder Limonenseitlinge (Pleurotus citrinopileatus) auf dem Markt. English: Golden oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus citrinopileatus) on sale at a market in Höchst, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany.
context_page_description: Pleurotus is a genus of gilled mushrooms which includes one of the most widely eaten mushrooms, P. ostreatus. Species of Pleurotus may be called oyster, abalone, or tree mushrooms, and are some of the most commonly cultivated edible mushrooms in the world. Pleurotus fungi have been used in mycoremediation of pollutants such as petroleum and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Oyster mushrooms contain Lovastatin, a form of cholesterol lowering statin.
context_section_description: The following species list is organized according to 1. phylogenetic clade, 2. intersterility group (group number in Roman numerals) or sub-clade, and then 3. any older binomial names that have been found to be closely related, reproductively compatible, or synonymous, although they may no longer be taxonomically valid. This list is likely to be incomplete.
  P. ostreatus clade
  I. P. ostreatus (oyster or pearl oyster mushroom) – North America and northern Eurasia
  P. florida
  II. P. pulmonarius (phoenix or Indian oyster mushroom) – North America, Eurasia, and Australasia
  P. columbinus
  P. sapidus
  III. P. populinus – North America
  VI. P. eryngii (king oyster mushroom) – Europe and the Middle East
  P. ferulae
  P. fossulatus – Afghanistan
  P. nebrodensis
  XII. P. abieticola – Asia
  XIII. P. albidus – Caribbean, Central America, South America
  P. djamor-cornucopiae clade 
  IV. P. cornucopiae (branched oyster mushroom) – Europe
  P. citrinopileatus (golden oyster mushroom) – eastern Asia
  P. euosmus (tarragon oyster mushroom)
  V. P. djamor (The pink oyster mushroom) – pantropical
  P. flabellatus
  P. salmoneo-stramineus
  P. salmonicolor
  XI. P. opuntiae – North America, New Zealand
  XVI. P. calyptratus
  P. cystidiosus clade 
  VII. P. cystidiosus (abalone mushroom) – global
  P. abalonus – Taiwan
  P. fuscosquamulosus – Africa, Europe
  P. smithii – Mexico
  IX. P. dryinus – North America, Europe, and New Zealand
  VIII. Lentinus levis – subtropical to tropical, moved to genus Lentinus.
  X. P. tuber-regium (king tuber mushroom) – Africa, Asia, Australasia
  XIV. P. australis (brown oyster mushroom) – Australia and New Zealand
  XV. P. purpureo-olivaceus – Australia and New Zealand
  P. rattenburyi
caption: P. citrinopileatus
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