Definitions for oyster mushroom
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
oys′ter mush`room(n.)
Category: Cooking
an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees or their stumps.
Origin of oyster mushroom:
1870–75
Princeton's WordNet
oyster mushroom, oyster fungus, oyster agaric, Pleurotus ostreatus(noun)
edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood
Wiktionary
oyster mushroom(Noun)
A common mushroom prized for its edibility and lack of confusing look-alikes.
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