Pleurotus purpureo-olivaceus

Pleurotus purpureo-olivaceus

''Pleurotus purpureo-olivaceus'' is a gilled fungus native to Australia and New Zealand. It is found on dead wood of ''Nothofagus'' trees.
Purple-Olive oyster mushrooms About 100mm wide attractive olive topped oyster mushrooms growing on a large Nothofagus in a rainforest reserve. Australia,Geotagged,Pleurotus,Pleurotus purpureo-olivaceus,nothofagus

Appearance

The caps of the fruit bodies are up to 7 cm wide, and are dark violet to brown to olive to yellow-green, depending on light exposure. Stipes are lateral and white to yellow.

Naming

Although morphologically similar to some other ''Pleurotus'' fungi, it has been shown to be a distinct species incapable of cross-breeding and phylogenetically removed from other species of ''Pleurotus''.

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyPleurotaceae
GenusPleurotus
SpeciesP. purpureo-olivaceus
Photographed in
Australia