Pleurotus pulmonarius
(Fr.) Quél. · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Pleurotus pulmonarius's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility15 370 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI122 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics127 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Pleurotus pulmonarius, commonly known as the Indian oyster, Italian oyster, phoenix mushroom, or the lung oyster, is a mushroom very similar to Pleurotus ostreatus, the pearl oyster, but with a few noticeable differences. The caps of pulmonarius are much paler and smaller than ostreatus and develops more of a stem. P. pulmonarius also prefers warmer weather than ostreatus and will appear later in the summer. Otherwise, the taste and cultivation of the two species is generally described as largely the same. Another similar species, North America's Pleurotus populinus, is restricted to growing on aspen and cottonwood.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
No structured trait data for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Pleurotus pulmonarius across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile3 classes
Documented compounds6 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (9Z,11E,13S)-13-Hydroxyoctadeca-9,11-Dienoic Acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (S,9e,11z)-13-hydroxy-9,11-octadecadienoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-Hydroxy-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)propan-1-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 4-Methoxybenzaldehyde | present | LOTUS | |
| 4-Methoxybenzyl alcohol | present | LOTUS | |
| Linonelic acid | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Pleurotus pulmonarius has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Pleurotus pulmonarius carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type15 370 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions53 of 102 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| TENN-Flocation not on record | 130 |
| Olocation not on record | 82 |
| Helsinki, FI | 81 |
| Joensuu, FI | 51 |
| Tartu, EE | 50 |
| Durango, MX | 45 |
| Uppsala, SE | 40 |
| Denver, US | 27 |
| Tomioka, JP | 27 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 26 |
| Kew, GB | 25 |
| Auckland, NZ | 25 |
| IB FRC Komi SC UB RASlocation not on record | 19 |
| Copenhagen, DK | 19 |
| Chiba, JP | 19 |
| Philadelphia, US | 17 |
| WU-MYClocation not on record | 16 |
| Durham, US | 14 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 13 |
| Bando, JP | 13 |
| Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record | 13 |
| Osaka, JP | 13 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 12 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 12 |
| LDlocation not on record | 11 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 10 |
| Trondheim, NO | 10 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 10 |
| Odawara, JP | 10 |
| Chicago, US | 10 |
| Kuopio, FI | 9 |
| Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record | 8 |
| Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record | 8 |
| Salzburg, AT | 7 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 7 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 7 |
| Göteborg, SE | 6 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 6 |
| Oulu, FI | 5 |
| nsnflocation not on record | 4 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 4 |
| Tilburg, NL | 4 |
| Turku, FI | 4 |
| Toronto, CA | 4 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 4 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Colorado State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| V. N. Karazin National Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| St. Paul, US | 3 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 3 |
| Blacksburg, US | 3 |
| Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP | 3 |
| University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Görlitz, DE | 2 |
| Bardejov, SK | 2 |
| Mlocation not on record | 2 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 2 |
| DPIlocation not on record | 2 |
| National Mushroom Centre, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Bhutanlocation not on record | 2 |
| JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Vitoria, ES | 2 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 2 |
| Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record | 2 |
| Vancouver, CA | 2 |
| Schenectady, US | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record | 1 |
| Slovenian Forestry Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| California State University, East Baylocation not on record | 1 |
| Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record | 1 |
| Personal Herbarium of Joanne Schwartzlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 1 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 1 |
| Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Champaign, US | 1 |
| Leicester, GB | 1 |
| Assam Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| Staten Island, US | 1 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 1 |
| Trondheim, NO | 1 |
| University of Warsawlocation not on record | 1 |
| CA | 1 |
| Baton Rouge, US | 1 |
| Umeå Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Bronx, US | 1 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 1 |
| Gijón, ES | 1 |
| ILLSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| Helsinki, FI | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record | 1 |
| Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record | 1 |
| HabitatVisionlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Pleurotus pulmonarius was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Measured at samplingin-field
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.