Considering that the knowledge of Pleurotus in Brazil is very dispersed and fragmented, this
work presents for the first time a discussion of the recognition of at least five species certainly …

Melanins are enigmatic pigments that are produced by a wide variety of microorganisms
including several species of bacteria and fungi. For more than 40 years, fungi have been …

Members of the mushroom genus Pleurotus form a heterogeneous group of edible species
of high commercial importance. Subgenus Coremiopleurotus includes taxa that produce …

The anatomical, physiological, ecological and cultural characters of 11 Pleurotus
morphotaxa reported to occur in Europe are described in detail and compared with the …

Dikaryotic and haploid mycelia of more than 150 gilled species of euagarics were studied
morphologically and by molecular phylogenetic methods. The morphological investigations …

Pleurotus spp. have been gaining popularity as a source for the creation of functional foods,
nutraceuticals and novel pharmaceuticals. Despite Pleurotus is a specious genus including …

Mating studies and related research are used in discussions of the following subjects: 1)
long-distance mating phenomena, including strain-specific ability to dikaryotize mates; 2) the …

The species of Pleurotus have great commercial importance and adaptability for growth and
fructification within a wide variety of agro-industrial lignocellulosic wastes. In this study, two …

The name Pleurotus opuntiae is indiscriminately used for describing mushrooms with white
to off-white to white-grey pilei with short or absent stipe and dimitic hyphal system, which …

A collection of Pleurotus pulmonarius from New Zealand (NZP) showed compatibility with
four putatively separate biological species of Pleurotus (P. eryngii, P. ostreatus, P …