the gills of Pleurotus ostreatus dont reach upto the root all along the stem. It is Pleurotus but don't know more. Pleurotus ostreatus are certainly edible. But don't eat mushrooms unless all, really all characteristics match.
Let me tell you my experience a fortnight ago. I had some mushrooms in may garden, which looked like Champignons (Agaricus), but they did not have the nice smell of egerling, in fact they did not have any smell. I cut one mushroom, after some time it changed the color in faint yellowish, at least I thought so. So I did not eat it. A few days later there were more mushrooms, I took them to a mushroom-expert, and told him what I had observed. He smelt them, he cut the mushroom and said, it is ok to eat the mushroom. In the evening I fried them and ate. My husband had doubts so he did not eat that. Later in the evening, I had some problems and had to vomit. My husband was ok. I was quite afraid, because we were going to travel to Berlin the following day. I haven't talked to the expert yet, but will do it in the next few days. I have learnt two lessons, rather consult two or three experts, don't eat mushrooms a day before your journey. Anyway I am alive and in good health. Regards Nalini ----- Original Message ----- From: J.M. Garg To: efloraofindia Cc: Aarti S. Khale ; tanay bose ; nabha meghani ; Inderjeet Sethi Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 7:57 AM Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:47498] Mushroom for ID-AK-1 Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. Some earlier relevant feedback: “Pleurotus ostreatus I hope, the size is fantastic and it's edible too. Tanay” ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> Date: 31 July 2010 19:36 Subject: [efloraofindia:42966] Mushroom for ID-AK-1 To: [email protected] Dear Tanay, Some Mushrooms specially for you before your departure. This one taken on the Guava tree in our home garden at Nasik in June,05. Regards, Aarti -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1360 members & 47,000 messages on 10/9/10)
