Belongs within: Agaricales.
Pleurotus, the oyster mushrooms, is a genus of mushrooms typically found growing on decaying wood, with fruiting bodies laterally attached and stipeless or attached by an eccentric stipe with decurrent gills.
<==Pleurotus (Fr.) Kumm. 1871 (nom. cons.) (see below for synonymy)KC01
| i. s.: P. corticatusS00
| P. craterellusSS16
| P. gilvescensSS16
| P. lagotisSS16
| P. nidiformisKC01
| P. oleariusKC01
|--P. purpureoolivaceusBH05
`--+--P. tuberregiumBH05
`--+--+--P. dryinusBH05
| `--P. smithiiBH05
`--+--P. cystidiosusHB02
`--+--+--P. cornucopiaeBH05
| `--+--P. calyptratusBH05
| `--P. djamorBH05
`--+--P. abieticolaBH05
|--P. pulmonariusBH05
`--+--P. ostreatusBH05
|--P. populinusBH05
`--+--P. eryngiiBH05
`--P. fossulatusBH05
Pleurotus (Fr.) Kumm. 1871 (nom. cons.) [incl. Antromycopsis Pat. & Trab. 1897, Crepidopus (Nees) Gray 1821 (nom. rej.), Cyclopleurotus Hasselt 1824, Gelona Adans. 1763, Lentodiopsis Bubák 1895, Pterophyllus Lév. 1844 (nom. rej.), Scleroma Fr. 1838]KC01
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[BH05] Binder, M., D. S. Hibbett, K.-H. Larsson, E. Larsson, E. Langer & G. Langer. 2005. The phylogenetic distribution of resupinate forms across the major clades of mushroom-forming fungi (Homobasidiomycetes). Systematics and Biodiversity 3 (2): 113–157.
[HB02] Hibbett, D. S., & M. Binder. 2002. Evolution of complex fruiting-body morphologies in homobasidiomycetes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B—Biological Sciences 269: 1963–1969.
[KC01] Kirk, P. M., P. F. Cannon, J. C. David & J. A. Stalpers. 2001. Ainsworth & Bisby’s Dictionary of the Fungi 9th ed. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).
[S00] Siddiqi, M. R. 2000. Tylenchida: Parasites of plants and insects 2nd ed. CABI Publishing: Wallingford (UK).
[SS16] Sydow, H., & P. Sydow. 1916. Fungi papuani. Die von C. Ledermann in Neu-Guinea gesammelten Pilze. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 54: 246–261.