Pleurotus cystidiosus

{{Short description|Species of fungus}}

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| image = Pleurotus cystidiosus 144580000.jpg

| image_caption = Anamorphic state of P. cystidiosus

| genus = Pleurotus

| species = cystidiosus

| authority = O.K. Mill.

| synonyms = Pleurotus cystidiosus (Y.H. Han, K.M. Chen & S. Cheng) O. Hilber ex O. Hilber 1997O. Hilber (1997) , In: The Genus Pleurotus (Fr.) Kummer, (2) (Kelheim) 2:46
Pleurotus cystidiosus var. formosensis Moncalvo 1995Moncalvo, J.-M. (1995) Pleurotus cystidiosus var. formosensis var. nov.: an unusual Pleurotus collection of subgenus Coremiopleurotus from Taiwan, In: Mycol. Res. 99(12):1479–1482
Pleurotus cystidiosus (Y.H. Han, K.M. Chen & S. Cheng) O. Hilber 1993Hilber, Oswald (1993) Die Arten der Gattung Pleurotus - ein Bestimmungsschlüssel, In: Mitteilungen der Versuchsanstalt für Pilzanbau der Landwirtschaftskammer Rheinland Krefeld-Grosshüttenhof 16:57–63
Antromycopsis macrocarpa (Ellis & Everh.) Stalpers, Seifert & Samson 1991Stalpers, J.A.; Seifert, K.A.; Samson, R.A. (1991) A revision of the genera Antromycopsis, Sclerostilbum, and Tilachlidiopsis (Hyphomycetes), In: Can. J. Bot. 69(1):6–15
Pleurotus abalonus Y.H. Han, K.M. Chen & S. Cheng 1974Y.H. Han, K.M. Chen & S. Cheng (1974) , In: 9th Int. Sci. Congr. Cultivation of Edible Fungi:168
Pleurotus cystidiosus O.K. Mill. 1969O.K. Mill. (1969) , In: Mycologia 61:889
Pleurotus cystidiosus var. cystidiosus O.K. Mill. 1969
Antromycopsis broussonetiae Pat. & Trab. 1897Pat. & Trab. (1897) , In: Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 13:215
Stilbum macrocarpum Ellis & Everh. 1886Ellis & Everh. (1886) , In: J. Mycol. 2(9):103

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Pleurotus cystidiosus, also known as abalone mushroom and maple oyster mushroom, is an edible{{cite book |last=Miller Jr. |first=Orson K. |title=North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi |last2=Miller |first2=Hope H. |publisher=FalconGuide |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7627-3109-1 |location=Guilford, CN |pages=157 |author-link=Orson K. Miller Jr.}} species of fungus in the family Pleurotaceae, described as new to science by mycologist Orson K. Miller Jr. in 1969. It can be cultivated, with spores and growing kits being available commercially. Antromycopsis macrocarpa (or A. broussonetiae) is the anamorphic form of this species.{{Cite journal |last=Stalpers |first=Joost A. |last2=Seifert |first2=Keith A. |last3=Samson |first3=Robert A. |date=1991-01-01 |title=A revision of the genera Antromycopsis , Sclerostilbum , and Tilachlidiopsis (Hyphomycetes) |url=http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/b91-002 |journal=Canadian Journal of Botany |language=en |volume=69 |issue=1 |pages=6–15 |doi=10.1139/b91-002 |issn=0008-4026|url-access=subscription }}