Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Crepidopus ostreatus (Jacq.) S. F. Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. PI. 1:
616. 1821.
Agaricus ostreatus Jacq. 1*^1. Austr. 2: 3. 1774. Pleurotus ostreatus Qu61. Champ. Jura Vosg. 77. 1872. Crepidopus subsapidus Murrill, Mycologia 4: 216. 1912.
Pileus fleshy, soft, convex or slightly depressed behind, subdimidiate, often cespitoseimbricate, 5-15 cm. broad; siurface moist, silky to glabrous, white, whitish-cinereous, or brownish: context white, mild, edible; lamellae broad, decurrent, subdistant, anastomosing at the base, white or whitish: spores oblong, smooth, white or lilac-tinted, 8-12 X 3-4 fx: stipe, when
present, usually very short, firm, eccentric or lateral, more or less strigose-hairy at the base.
Type locality: Austria.
Habitat: Decaying stumps and trunks of deciduous trees. Distribution: Throughout temperate North America; also in Europe.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
