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Pleurotus nebrodensis
Funcia di Basiliscu
Origin: Northern Sicily in the Madonie Mountains.
| Family |
| Pleurotaceae |
| Genus |
| Pleurotus |
| Species |
| nebrodensis |
| Category |
| Fungi |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| A critically endangered mushroom which was first described by Giusepee Inzenga in 1863 as "the most delicious mushroom of the Sicilian mycological flora". It is short and thick, creamy white in colour with slanted white to pale yellow gills. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| Habitat |
| Limestone substrates at an altitude of 1,200-2,000 m, on rotten roots of Cachrys ferulacea between April and June. |
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