woods oyster

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woods oyster (plural woods oysters)

  1. Synonym of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
    • 1958, Journal of Lifetime Living, volume 24, page 15:
      My hobby is gathering the spores of some of the most delicious of the wild varieties of mushrooms, such as morels, giant puffballs and woods oysters, then cultivating them.