Biological Species in Pleurotus
INTERSTERILITY GROUP
ISG VI. Pleurotus eryngii (De Candolle: Fries) Quélet.
1872. Mem. Soc. Emul. Montbeliard.. 1872. Mem. Soc. Emul. Montbeliard.
Nomenclatural history: Augustin-Pyramus De Candolle (1815) adopted the epithet from previous literature, but Fries’s (1821) protologue attributed the epithet to De Candolle. Quélet (1872) recombined the epithet in Pleurotus.
Taxonomic history:
Genetic isolation history: poorly understood. Petersen (1995) reported incompatibility between a collection of P. djamor and P. eryngii (DUKE 1826). The ex epitypus collection of P. ostreatus was incompatible with three collections of P. eryngii (6690, DUKE 1832, DUKE 625).
Mating system: tetrapolar (viz. Lamoure, 1989, who cites theses by Besson and Oddoux).
Self-cross: 6690:4 = A1B1; 6690:7 = A2B2; 6690:11 = A1B2; 6690:3 = A2B1. Specimen at Austria, WU13414, Cultures at CBS, Tennessee
GenBank Accession Number for ribosomal ITS + LSU sequence: AY450347
References:
Krisai-Greilhuber and Voglmayr. 1995. Pleurotus eryngii var. Eryngii - a remarkable substrate specialist, new for Austria. Doc. Mycol. 98-100:239-247.
Lewisohn, D., E. Nevo, Y. Hadar, S.P. Wasser, and A. Beharav. 2000. Ecogeographical variation in the Pleurotus