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field and button mushrooms

Agaricus

Agaricus is a genus of mushrooms containing both edible and poisonous species, with possibly over 300 members worldwide. The genus includes the common ("button") mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) and the field mushroom (Agaricus campestris), the dominant cultivated mushrooms of the West.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pseudochitonia

subgenusPseudochitonia

Agaricus subg. Flavoagaricus

subgenusFlavoagaricus

Agaricus subg. Agaricus

subgenusAgaricus

Spissicaules

subgenusSpissicaules

Agaricus subg. Minores

subgenusMinores

Gasteroid Agaricus

speciesAgaricus deserticola

Minoriopsis

subgenusMinoriopsis

Agaricus evertens

speciesAgaricus evertens

Agaricus cruciquercorum

speciesAgaricus cruciquercorum

Agaricus alachuanus

speciesAgaricus alachuanus

Agaricus sp. 'TAC33'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'TAC33'

Agaricus sp. 'FL04'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'FL04'

Agaricus citrinidiscus

speciesAgaricus citrinidiscus

Agaricus riberaltensis

speciesAgaricus riberaltensis

Agaricus lanatoniger

speciesAgaricus lanatoniger

Agaricus sp. 'MO02'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'MO02'

Agaricus sp. 'pallens-WI01'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'pallens-WI01'

Agaricus sp. 'MO01'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'MO01'

Agaricus sp. 'CA03'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'CA03'

Agaricus sp. 'PR08'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'PR08'

Agaricus sp. 'IN02'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'IN02'

Agaricus sp. 'gastronevadensis-CA01'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'gastronevadensis-CA01'

Agaricus sp. 'chionodermusC001'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'chionodermusC001'

Agaricus hornei

speciesAgaricus hornei

Gyrophragmium inquinans

speciesGyrophragmium inquinans

Agaricus martineziensis

speciesAgaricus martineziensis

Agaricus sp. 'IN07'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'IN07'

Agaricus semotus

speciesAgaricus semotus

Agaricus comtuliformis

speciesAgaricus comtuliformis

Agaricus sp. 'NY02'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'NY02'

Agaricus mesocarpus

speciesAgaricus mesocarpus

Agaricus sp. 'caribaeus-CA01'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'caribaeus-CA01'

Agaricus sp. 'caribaeus-BE26'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'caribaeus-BE26'

Agaricus sp. 'MI01'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'MI01'

Agaricus sp. 'TAC1587a'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'TAC1587a'

Agaricus sp. 'approximans-TAC1592a'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'approximans-TAC1592a'

Agaricus sp. 'CA07'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'CA07'

Agaricus sp. 'TN01'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'TN01'

Agaricus sp. 'NSW01'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'NSW01'

Agaricus sp. 'CA18'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'CA18'

Agaricus jezoensis

speciesAgaricus jezoensis

Agaricus comptulus

speciesAgaricus comptulus

Agaricus sp. 'CA12'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'CA12'

Agaricus lanatorubescens

speciesAgaricus lanatorubescens

Agaricus dilatostipes

speciesAgaricus dilatostipes

Agaricus sp. 'NM02'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'NM02'

Agaricus sp. 'CO05'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'CO05'

Agaricus sp. 'PR09'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'PR09'

Agaricus sp. 'CA08'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'CA08'

Agaricus sp. 'PNW06'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'PNW06'

Agaricus sp. 'zayskibopii'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'zayskibopii'

Agaricus sp. 'FL03'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'FL03'

Agaricus sp. 'AL01'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'AL01'

Agaricus sp. 'IN06'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'IN06'

Agaricus sp. 'CA09'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'CA09'

Agaricus sp. 'CA16'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'CA16'

Agaricus sp. 'diminutivus-CA01'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'diminutivus-CA01'

Agaricus sp. 'pallens-NL01'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'pallens-NL01'

Agaricus sp. 'TAC1491a'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'TAC1491a'

Agaricus sp. 'TAC2079a'

speciesAgaricus sp. 'TAC2079a'

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2

Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.223

Illustrations of British Mycology, First Series

Anna Maria Hussey (1805-1853) · n.d. · p.262

Illustrations of British Mycology, First Series

Anna Maria Hussey (1805-1853) · n.d. · p.380

field and button mushrooms in Les champignons de la France : histoire, description, culture, usages des espèces comestibles, vénéneuses, suspectes, employés dans les arts, l'industrie, l'économie domestique et la médecine

Les champignons de la France : histoire, description, culture, usages des espèces comestibles, vénéneuses, suspectes, employés dans les arts, l'industrie, l'économie domestique et la médecine

Cordier, François Simon · n.d. · p.527

Les champignons de la France : histoire, description, culture, usages des espèces comestibles, vénéneuses, suspectes, employés dans les arts, l'industrie, l'économie domestique et la médecine

Cordier, François Simon · n.d. · p.533

Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2

Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.43

Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2

Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.55

Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms

James Sowerby · 1797 · p.716

Les champignons de la France : histoire, description, culture, usages des espèces comestibles, vénéneuses, suspectes, employés dans les arts, l'industrie, l'économie domestique et la médecine

Cordier, François Simon · n.d. · p.543

Illustrations of British Mycology, Second Series

Anna Maria Hussey (1805-1853) · n.d. · p.118

Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms

James Sowerby · 1797 · p.126

Illustrated Icons of Rare Fungi Species

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon · 1803 · p.100

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