Pleurotus is a genus of gilled mushrooms which includes one of the most widely eaten mushrooms, the oyster mushroom. Like all other basidiomycetes, it's distinguished by having clamp connections along its hyphal length. Species in the genus Pleurotus australis (The Brown Oyster Mushroom) Pleurotus citrinopileatus (The Golden Oyster Mushroom) Pleurotus cornucopiae (The Branched Oyster Mushroom) Pleurotus cystidiosus (The Abalone Mushroom) Pleurotus djamor (The Pink Oyster Mushroom) Pleuro… (More on Pleurotus)