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oyster mushroom
oyster mushroom
noun
- an edible fungus, Pleurotus ostreatus, having an oyster-shaped cap, commonly found growing in clusters on the trunks of broad-leaved trees
Word History and Origins
Origin of oyster mushroom1
Example Sentences
The oyster mushroom produces chemicals to paralyze its nematode prey within a few minutes of contact.
Recently, however, I’ve been growing oyster mushrooms in a cardboard box on my kitchen counter.
The movie begins at an open-air market where César marvels at some giant oyster mushrooms, then moves to a cattle farm known for its humanely sourced beef.
Nolux, a team of researchers from the University of California, Riverside, and the University of Delaware, has developed a method of artificial photosynthesis that can grow oyster mushrooms without sunlight.
A study published in Science Advances details how oyster mushrooms use a particular toxin to paralyze and knock off fungus-eating roundworms called nematodes.
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