I-Oyster mushroom (I-Pleurotus pulmonaryius)
- Isigaba: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Ukuhlukaniswa iziqephu: I-Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Ikilasi: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Isigaba esingaphansi: I-Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- I-oda: I-Agaricales (i-Agaric noma i-Lamellar)
- Umndeni: Pleurotaceae (Voshenkovye)
- I-Genus: I-Pleurotus (Ikhowe le-Oyster)
- Uhlobo: I-Pleurotus pulmonarius (i-Pulmonary oyster mushroom)
I-cap ye-oyster mushroom: Ukukhanya, okumhlophe-mpunga (indawo emnyama isuka lapho kunamathiselwe isiqu), iphenduka ibephuzi ngokukhula, i-eccentric, imise okwefeni. Ububanzi 4-8 cm (kufika ku-15). I-pulp i-gray-white, iphunga libuthakathaka, limnandi.
Amapuleti e-oyster mushroom: Yehla ngesiqu, incane, iwugqinsi, imhlophe.
I-spore powder: Mhlophe.
Umlenze we-oyster mushroom: I-Lateral (njengomthetho; emaphakathi nayo ivela), ifinyelela ku-4 cm ubude, imhlophe-emhlophe, inoboya phansi. Inyama yomlenze iqinile, ikakhulukazi kumakhowe avuthiwe.
Spread: Ikhowe le-oyster likhula kusukela ngoMeyi kuya ku-Okthoba okhunini olubolayo, kancane kancane ezihlahleni eziphilayo, ezibuthakathaka. Ngaphansi kwezimo ezinhle, ibonakala ngamaqembu amakhulu, ikhula ndawonye nemilenze ngamaqoqo.
Izinhlobo ezifanayo: Ikhowe le-oyster yamaphaphu lingadideka nekhowe le-oyster oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus), elihlukaniswa ngokwakheka kwalo okuqinile nombala wekepisi elimnyama. Uma iqhathaniswa nekhowe le-oyster eliningi, lincane, alinanyama, linomkhawulo omncane owehlisiwe. Ama-crepidots amancane (uhlobo lwe-Crepidotus) kanye ne-panellus (okuhlanganisa i-Panellus mitis) mancane kakhulu futhi awakwazi ukubiza ukufana okujulile nekhowe le-oyster.
Ukudla: i-mushroom evamile edliwayo.