Oyster howa (Pleurotus pulmonaryius)
- Chikamu: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Kupatsanura: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Kirasi: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric kana Lamellar)
- Mhuri: Pleurotaceae (Voshenkovye)
- Genus: Pleurotus (Oyster howa)
- Type: Pleurotus pulmonarius (Pulmonary oyster howa)
Kapu ye oyster mushroom: Chiedza, chena-grey (nzvimbo yakasviba inotambanudza kubva painonamatira hunde), inoshanduka yero nezera, eccentric, fan-shaped. Diameter 4-8 cm (kusvika ku15). Iyo pulp ine grey-white, kunhuwa hakuna simba, kunonakidza.
Mahwendefa e oyster mushroom: Kudzika nedzinde, shoma, gobvu, jena.
Spore powder: Chena.
Gumbo re oyster mushroom: Lateral (sekutonga; pakati zvakare inoitika), inosvika 4 cm kureba, isina-chena, ine mvere pazasi. Nyama yegumbo yakaoma, kunyanya muhowa hwakura.
Paradzira: Oyster mushroom inokura kubva muna Chivabvu kusvika Gumiguru pahuni inoora, isingawanzo pamiti mhenyu, isina simba. Pasi pemamiriro ezvinhu akanaka, inoratidzika mumapoka makuru, achikura pamwe chete nemakumbo mumasumbu.
Mhando dzakafanana: Pulmonary oyster mushroom inogona kuvhiringika neoyster oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus), iyo inosiyaniswa neiyo yakasimba kuvaka uye yakasviba cap ruvara. Kuenzaniswa nehowa yakawanda oyster, yakaonda, kwete nyama, ine mutete wakaderedzwa. Diki crepidots (genus Crepidotus) uye panellus (kusanganisira Panellus mitis) idiki chaizvo uye haigone kutaura yakada kufanana nehowa hweoyster.
Edibility: howa dzinodyiwa.