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Noun: oyster mushroom
  1. Edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood
    - oyster fungus, oyster agaric, Pleurotus ostreatus

Derived forms: oyster mushrooms

Type of: agaric

Part of: genus Pleurotus, Pleurotus

Encyclopedia: Oyster mushroom