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Pleurotus opuntiae

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Pleurotus opuntiae
P. opuntiae mushrooms growing on dead remains of Opuntia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pleurotaceae
Genus: Pleurotus
Species:
P. opuntiae
Binomial name
Pleurotus opuntiae
(Durieu y Lév.) Sacc. (1887)
Synonyms
  • Pleurotus yuccae
Pleurotus opuntiae
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is offset
Hymenium is decurrent
Stipe has a ring
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic or parasitic
Edibility is edible

Pleurotus opuntiae is a species of Agaricales fungus that grows in the semi-arid climate of central Mexico[1] and in New Zealand,[2] whose mushroom is edible and considered a delicacy in the cuisine of indigenous peoples of Mexico. It is known as hongo de maguey común in Mexican Spanish, seta de chumbera/nopal in Peninsular Spanish, and kjoo'wada in Otomi language.[3] Phylogenetic research has shown that while it belongs to P. djamor-cornucopiae clade, it forms its own intersterility group,[4] but it has also been claimed to be genetically inter-incompatible with P. australis, P. ostreatus (extra-limital), P. pulmonarius and P. purpureo-olivaceus of New Zealand.[2]

Description

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P. opuntiae fruits gregariously in groups of several specimens on dead remains of the plant Opuntia megacantha [es], from which the binomial name of the fungus derives. They are beige or cream in color. Its gills are very decurrent and its cap, from 1 to 6 centimetres (12 to 2+14 in) in diameter, is quite flat and funnel-shaped, slightly rolled at the edges. It has either a very short stipe, or often basically nonexistent one.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Camacho, Marcelo; Guzman, Gaston; Guzman-Davalos, Laura (January 2012). "Pleurotus opuntiae (Durieu et Lev.) Sacc. (Higher Basidiomycetes) and Other Species Related to Agave and Opuntia Plants in Mexico−Taxonomy, Distribution, and Applications". International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms. 14 (1): 65–78. doi:10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v14.i1.70. PMID 22339709. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Segedin, BP; Buchanan, PK; Wilkie, JP (1995). "Studies in the agaricales of New Zealand: New species, new records and renamed species of Pleurotus (Pleurotaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 8 (3): 453–482. doi:10.1071/SB9950453.
  3. ^ Taller de Etnomicología, Facultad de Ciencias, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), “Importancia cultural de los hongos en México”, Arqueología Mexicana, edición especial, núm. 87, pp. 30-33.
  4. ^ Vilgalys, R.; Moncalvo, J.M.; Liou, S.R.; Volovsek, M. (1996). "Recent advances in molecular systematics of the genus Pleurotus" (PDF). In Royse, D.J. (ed.). Mushroom biology and mushroom products: proceedings of the 2nd International Conference, June 9–12, 1996. University Park, PA (USA): Pennsylvania State University: World Society for Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products. pp. 91–101. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
  5. ^ "Pleurotus opuntiae" (in Spanish). Asociación Micológica Pie Azul de Monesterio. 2014. Retrieved 2020-06-07.