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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Pleurotaceae: Pleurotus pulmonarius (Fr.) Quél., 1872

Pleurotus pulmonarius – Pale oyster

Synonyms: Agaricus pulmonarius, Dendrosarcus pulmonarius, Pleurotus araucariicola, Pleurotus ostreatus.

Common name: pale oyster.

Russian names: Vioshenka liogochnaya, Veshenka belovataya, Veshenka vesennyaya, Veshenka bukovaya.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Pleurotus pulmonarius, commonly known as the Indian Oyster, Italian Oyster, Phoenix Mushroom, or the Lung Oyster, is a mushroom very similar to Pleurotus ostreatus, the pearl oyster, but with a few noticeable differences. The caps of pulmonarius are much paler and smaller than ostreatus and develops more of a stem. P. pulmonarius also prefers warmer weather than ostreatus and will appear later in the summer. Otherwise, the taste and cultivation of the two species is generally described as largely the same. In North America, P. pulmonarius also closely resembles Pleurotus populinus, which is restricted to growing on aspen and cottonwood (genus Populus).

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

Oyster mushrooms (<B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>, Russian name Veshenka) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-07-23.htm">July 23, 2016</A>
LinkOyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius, Russian name Veshenka) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 23, 2016
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 194064
Gills of Oyster mushrooms (<B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>, Russian name Veshenka) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-07-23.htm">July 23, 2016</A>
LinkGills of Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius, Russian name Veshenka) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 23, 2016
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 194064
Oyster mushrooms (<B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>, Russian name Veshenka) on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-07-24.htm">July 24, 2016</A>
LinkOyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius, Russian name Veshenka) on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 24, 2016
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664
Gills of oyster mushrooms (<B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>, Russian name Veshenka) near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-07-24.htm">July 24, 2016</A>
LinkGills of oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius, Russian name Veshenka) near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 24, 2016
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664
Gills of a large oyster mushroom (<B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>) near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-07-24.htm">July 24, 2016</A>
LinkGills of a large oyster mushroom (Pleurotus pulmonarius) near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 24, 2016
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664
Lung oyster mushrooms (<B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>)(?) on a tree stump in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-08-14.htm">August 14, 2016</A>
LinkLung oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius)(?) on a tree stump in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2016
Location on mapsAptekarskaya nab., 6, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197022
Oyster mushrooms (<B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>, Russian name Veshenka) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-09-13.htm">September 13, 2016</A>
LinkOyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius, Russian name Veshenka) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 13, 2016
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Gills of oyster mushrooms (<B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>, Russian name Veshenka) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-09-13.htm">September 13, 2016</A>
LinkGills of oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius, Russian name Veshenka) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 13, 2016
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Pale oyster mushrooms (<B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>) in Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-02.htm">July 2, 2017</A>
LinkPale oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius) in Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 2, 2017
Location on mapsPrimorskoye sh., Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197755
Pale oyster mushrooms (<B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>) near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-18.htm">July 18, 2017</A>
LinkPale oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius) near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2017
Location on mapsPrimorskoye sh., Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197755
Pale oyster mushrooms (<B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>) near Oselki, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-08-25.htm">August 25, 2017</A>
LinkPale oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius) near Oselki, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 25, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Osel'ki, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188665
Pale oyster mushrooms (<B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>) on roadside near Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-09-09.htm">September 9, 2017</A>
LinkPale oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius) on roadside near Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 9, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188695
Pale oyster mushrooms (<B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>) on a tree in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-09-14.htm">September 14, 2017</A>
LinkPale oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius) on a tree in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 14, 2017
Location on mapsKrasnogo Molodtsa, Pavlovsk, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 196625
Cluster of pale oyster mushrooms (<B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>) on a tree in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-09-14.htm">September 14, 2017</A>
LinkCluster of pale oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius) on a tree in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 14, 2017
Location on mapsKrasnogo Molodtsa, Pavlovsk, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 196625
Oyster mushrooms <B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>(?) in Tarkhovka near Sestroretsk. West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-08-18.htm">August 18, 2018</A>
LinkOyster mushrooms Pleurotus pulmonarius(?) in Tarkhovka near Sestroretsk. West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 18, 2018
Location on mapsFedotovskaya Dorozhka, 25, Tarkhovka, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197701
Lung oyster mushrooms (<B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B>) near Lisiy Nos. West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-08-26.htm">August 26, 2018</A>
LinkLung oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius) near Lisiy Nos. West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 26, 2018
Location on mapsSaint Petersburg, Russia, 197755
Gills of oyster mushroom <B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B> in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2019-05-13.htm">May 13, 2019</A>
LinkGills of oyster mushroom Pleurotus pulmonarius in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 13, 2019
Location on mapsPrimorskoye Shosse, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197701
Oyster mushroom <B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B> in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2019-05-13.htm">May 13, 2019</A>
LinkOyster mushroom Pleurotus pulmonarius in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 13, 2019
Location on mapsPrimorskoye Shosse, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197701
Oyster mushrooms <B>Pleurotus pulmonarius</B> on wood chips in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2019-05-31.htm">May 31, 2019</A>
LinkOyster mushrooms Pleurotus pulmonarius on wood chips in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 31, 2019

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Russian web-forums Planeta Gribov, V Kontakte, and Griby Sredney Polosy for learning names of local mushrooms.

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