Pleurotus australis

Pleurotus australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Pleurotaceae
Genus:	Pleurotus
Species:	P. australis
Binomial name
*Pleurotus australis* (Cooke & Massee) Sacc. 1891^[1]
Synonyms
Agaricus australis Cooke & Massee 1887 Dendrosarcus australis (Cooke & Massee) Kuntze 1898 Agaricus leptospermi F.Muell. 1888

Pleurotus australis, the brown oyster mushroom, is a gilled fungus native to Australia and New Zealand. It is found on dead wood. Although morphologically similar to some other Pleurotus fungi, it has been shown to be a distinct species incapable of cross-breeding.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Pleurotus australis". Interactive Catalogue of Australian Fungi. Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/dbpages/cat/index.php/fungicatalogue/name/3675. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
^ Zervakis, Georgios I.; Moncalvo, Jean-Marc; Vilgalys, Rytas (2004). "Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and speciation of the mushroom species Pleurotus cystidiosus and allied taxa". Microbiology 150: 715–726. doi:10.1099/mic.0.26673-0.
^ Segedin, BP; Buchanan, PK; Wilkie, JP (1995). "Studies in the agaricales of New Zealand: New species, new records and renamed species of Pleurotus (Pleurotaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany 8 (3): 453–482. doi:10.1071/SB9950453.