oyster mushroom

American  

noun

1. oyster cap.

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oyster mushroom British  

noun

1. an edible fungus, Pleurotus ostreatus, having an oyster-shaped cap, commonly found growing in clusters on the trunks of broad-leaved trees

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Etymology

Origin of oyster mushroom

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Its edible quality is quite as good as the Oyster mushroom.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

One of the best ways to cook an Oyster mushroom is to fry it as you fry an oyster.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

In Ohio the Oyster mushroom is very common everywhere.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

This species closely resembles the Oyster mushroom in form and habit of growth, and is by some considered only a variety of P. ostreatus.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

I have gathered great quantities of the Oyster mushroom during several seasons past from a fallen birch tree which spanned a small stream.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas