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Tragopogon dubius ( yellow salsify, [ 1] western salsify, western goat's-beard, wild oysterplant, yellow goat's beard, goat's beard, goatsbeard, common salsify, salsify) is a species of salsify native to southern and central Europe and western Asia and found as far north and west as northern France. Although it has been reported from Kashmir ...
Oyster farming. Oyster farming is an aquaculture (or mariculture) practice in which oysters are bred and raised mainly for their pearls, shells and inner organ tissue, which is eaten. Oyster farming was practiced by the ancient Romans as early as the 1st century BC on the Italian peninsula [ 1][ 2] and later in Britain for export to Rome.
The Latin pleurotus (side-ear) refers to the sideways growth of the stem with respect to the cap, while the Latin ostreatus (and the English common name, oyster) refers to the shape of the cap which resembles the bivalve of the same name. [ 2] The reference to oyster may also derive from the slippery texture of the mushroom. [ 2]
The eastern oyster ( Crassostrea virginica )—also called the Atlantic oyster, American oyster, or East Coast oyster —is a species of true oyster native to eastern North and South America. Other names in local or culinary use include the Wellfleet oyster, [3] Virginia oyster, Malpeque oyster, Blue Point oyster, Chesapeake Bay oyster, and ...
An individual oyster is capable of filtering fifty gallons of water per day, ingesting suspended sediments, binding and depositing them as mud. 7 million oysters in unison provide $3.7 million of ...
Tragopogon porrifolius is a plant cultivated for its ornamental flower and edible root. It also grows wild in many places and is one of the most widely known species of the salsify genus, Tragopogon. It is commonly known as purple or common salsify, oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Jerusalem star, [ 5] Jack go to bed, [ 6] or simply salsify ...
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Pleurotus. ( Jacq.) P. Kumm. 1871. Pleurotus is a genus of gilled mushrooms which includes one of the most widely eaten mushrooms, P. ostreatus. Species of Pleurotus may be called oyster, abalone, or tree mushrooms, and are some of the most commonly cultivated edible mushrooms in the world. [ 1]