- Pleurotus, genus Pleurotus - agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem; an important mushroom of Japan
--1 is a kind of fungus genus
--1 is a member of Agaricaceae, family Agaricaceae
--1 has members:oyster mushroom, oyster fungus, oyster agaric, Pleurotus ostreatus; olive-tree agaric, Pleurotus phosphoreus