GB Non-native Species Rapid Risk Assessment for Pleurotus citrinopileatus (Singer) (golden oyster mushroom)

dcd58537-96f4-4476-8fb2-3633584eb9e9 EPPO 2026-01-26 GB Non-native Species Rapid Risk Assessment for Pleurotus citrinopileatus (Singer) (golden oyster mushroom) A wood decay fungus grown in cultivation commercially and non commercially.

• Releases large numbers of wind dispersed spores.

• Rapidly colonises and decays dead wood, which is an important habitat in GB.

• Research in the US shows it can exclude native fungi, leading to a significant decrease in fungal richness

]]> EPPO Secretariat Other PRAs - Scientific articles and research projects Pleurotus citrinopileatus United Kingdom Pleurotus-citrinopileatus-RRA-final.pdf https://pra.eppo.int/getfile/3ada2cf0-539a-4188-9374-e49a80c367eb