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oyster mushroom

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oyster cap

–noun
an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
Also called oyster mushroom.
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n.  Any of several edible mushrooms of the genus Pleurotus, having a soft, flavorful, grayish cap.
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