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oyster mushroom

DEFINITIONS OF: oyster mushroom

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n edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood

Synonyms:
Pleurotus ostreatus, oyster agaric, oyster fungus
Type of:
agaric
a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
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