oyster mushroom

noun

: an edible mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) that grows especially on deciduous trees and deadwood

Examples of oyster mushroom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While brainwashed humans doing the bidding of fungi remains fantasy, researchers have now learned how to control a robot’s movement using electrical signals produced by the mycelium of the common King oyster mushroom. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Sep. 2024 Discoveries Grab your favorite morning brew and settle in with these fresh reads: — A team led by Cornell University researchers has engineered robots that are controlled by king oyster mushrooms in a feat that blends living organisms and machines. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024 To conduct their tests, these researchers began by cultivating King oyster mushrooms in a lab from a kit bought online. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Sep. 2024 Chitosan is the name of the collection of four types of a pre-style cream for straight, wavy, curly and coily hair, as well as a post-style serum sourced from the chitosan of oyster mushrooms. Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for oyster mushroom 

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Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of oyster mushroom was in 1875

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“Oyster mushroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oyster%20mushroom. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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