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Oyster Mushroom Green Mould
One of the two main causes of green mould disease of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) worldwide, described from South Korea. It is found on both cultivated and wild oyster mushroom substrates and also in soil and wood. In confrontation tests it overgrew oyster mushroom mycelium most readily of the green mould species, and it is considered the highest infection risk for oyster farms.
Not edible; a crop pathogen.
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