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[[Image:Oyster mushroom.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Oyster mushroom growing in the wild]]
The '''oyster mushroom''', (''Pleurotus ostreatus''), is a common edible [[mushroom]]. It was first cultivated in Germany as a subsistence measure during World War I and is now grown commercially around the world for food. It is related to the similarly cultivated "[[king oyster mushroom]]". Oyster mushrooms can also be used industrially for mycoremediation purposes[[#Foot1|#1]]. The Oyster mushroom may be considered a medicinal mushroom since it contains statins such as lovastatin which work to reduce [[cholesterol]].

The oyster mushroom is frequently used in Japanese, [[Korean]] and [[Chinese]] cookery as a delicacy: it is frequently served on its own as a [[soup]], sometimes stuffed, or in stir-fry recipes with [[soy sauce]]. Oyster mushrooms are sometimes made into a sauce used in Asian cooking, which is similar to [[oyster sauce]]. The mushroom's taste has been described as a mild with a slight �odour� similar to [[anise]]. The oyster mushroom is best when picked young; as the mushroom ages, the flesh becomes tough and the flavour becomes acrid and unpleasant.

Oyster mushrooms contain small amounts of arabitol, a sugar alcohol, which may cause gastrointestinal upset in some people.
===Entomology===
Both the Latin and common name refer to the shape of the fruiting body. The Latin pleurotus (sideways) refers to the sideways-growth of the stem with respect to the cap while the Latin ostreatus (and the English common name, [[oyster]]) refers to the shape of the cap which resembles the bivalve of the same name. Many also believe that the name is fitting due to a flavour resemblance to [[oysters]].
#1 '''Mycoremediation''' is a form of bioremediation, the process of using [[fungi]] to return an environment (usually soil) contaminated by pollutants to a less contaminated state.
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