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Golden Oyster Mushrooms A rare mushroom to find growing in the wild in the eastern United States even though it is widely cultivated commercially. These mushrooms have bright yellow caps and were growing in a cluster. Flesh, stems, and gills are white. Spores are tan/pink. Fungus,Geotagged,Golden Oyster Mushrooms,Pleurotus,Pleurotus citrinopileatus,Spring,United States,mushroom,mushrooms Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Golden Oyster Mushrooms

A rare mushroom to find growing in the wild in the eastern United States even though it is widely cultivated commercially. These mushrooms have bright yellow caps and were growing in a cluster. Flesh, stems, and gills are white. Spores are tan/pink.

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The Golden oyster mushroom

"Pleurotus citrinopileatus" is an edible gilled fungus. Native to eastern Russia, northern China, and Japan, the golden oyster mushroom is very closely related to "P. cornucopiae" of Europe, with some authors considering them to be at the rank of subspecies.

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Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Jan 6, 2018. Captured Jun 17, 2017 12:51 in 440 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/3.5
  • 1/197s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm

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