Pleurotus

Translingual

Pleurotus ostreatus

Etymology

From New Latin pleuro- + Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs).

Proper noun

Pleurotus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pleurotaceae – certain gilled mushrooms, including some widely eaten species.

Usage notes

The genus was defined in 1871, by moving species previously placed in Agaricus. Since then, some species have been moved to other genera. See Pleurotus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Basidiomycota – phylum; Agaricomycotina – subphylum; Agaricomycetes – class; Agaricomycetidae – subclass; Agaricales – order; Pleurotaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pleurotus ostreatus (typical oyster mushroom) - type species; Pleurotus eryngii, Pleurotus cornucopiae, Pleurotus dryinus, Pleurotus nebrodensis, Pleurotus purpureo-olivaceus - selected species; for other species see List of Pleurotus species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

genus Pleurotus

• Czech: hlíva (cs) f
• Esperanto: pleŭroto
• German: Seitling (de) m
• Polish: boczniak (pl) m
• Slovak: hliva f

References

• Pleurotus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pleurotus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pleurotus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pleurotus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Pleurotus at MycoBank