Pink Oyster Mushroom - Pleurotus salmoneostramineus

Synonyms: Salmon Oyster, Strawberry Oyster, Flamingo Mushroom, Takiiro Hiratake, Tabang Ngungut

The Pink Oyster Mushroom is similar to the Pleurotus ostreatus in general shape and appearance. The young fruiting bodies are bright reddish pink and reach a lighter pink to salmon-pink color when they are mature. Cap convex expanding with age to broadly convex to plane. Cap margin inrolled at first, then incurved, and eventually flattening and upturning at maturity.