Golden oyster
Pleurotus citrinopileatus · 榆黄蘑
Common侧耳科🍽 Cultivated Edible
A commercially cultivated edible fungus. Buy wild specimens only through reputable, regulated sources.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Cap bright yellow, fan-shaped, growing in overlapping clusters
- Gills white, running down onto a short stem
- Grows on dead elm and other hardwoods
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 侧耳科
- Hymenium
- Gills
- Grows On
- Wood
- How Big
- 3–10 cm (overall size)
- Encounter Rate
- Common
- Habitat
- Fallen hardwood, especially elm
Easily Confused With
Oyster mushroomCap shell- or fan-shaped, gray-white to grayish brown, with a short lateral stemFun Fact
Its vivid yellow fades almost completely once dried, making the dried product nearly impossible to tell apart from plain oyster mushroom.