Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Pleurotaceae
Species: Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm.

Synonyms:

Agaricus ostreatus Agaricus revolutus Agaricus salignus Crepidopus ostreatus Crepidopus ostreatus ß atroalbus Pleurotus columbinus Pleurotus columbrinus Pleurotus ostreatus var. columbinus Pleurotus ostreatus var. columbrinus Pleurotus ostreatus var. salignus Pleurotus pulmonarius Pleurotus revolutus Pleurotus salignus Wystrysen y Coed

Common Name:

Oyster Mushroom

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (14) Quercus (3) Prunus laurocerasus (1) Tilia x vulgaris (1) Aesculus hippocastanum (1) Ulmus (1) Populus (1) Ilex aquifolium (1) Alnus (1) Acanthaceae (1) Corylus avellana (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (7) Woodland: mixed (4) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Grassland: neutral, semi-improved, lowland (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Fallen Tree (8) Tree (5) Log (4) Wood (3) Branch (2) Fallen Branch (2) Stump (2) Dead Wood (1) Standing Dead Branch (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (9) February (3) March (1) May (2) July (2) August (7) September (16) October (20) November (5) December (6)