Agaricus arvensis

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Horse mushroom
Agaricus arvensis
Agaricus arvensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Subclass: Homobasidiomycetidae
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Agaricus
Species: A. arvensis
Binomial name
Agaricus arvensis
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Agaricus arvensis
mycological characteristics:
 
gills on hymenium
 

cap is convex

 

hymenium is free

 

stipe has a ring

 
 

spore print is brown or blackish-brown

 

ecology is saprotrophic

 

edibility: edible

The horse mushroom, Agaricus arvensis, is a mushroom of the genus Agaricus. It is one of the largest white Agaricus species in Britain and North America. It is frequently found near stables, as well as in meadows, where it may form fairy rings. It is sometimes found associated with spruce.[1]

The cap is similar to that of Agaricus campestris, but the gills are white at first (when this fungus is most often confused with deadly Amanita species), but later pass through grey and brown to become dull chocolate. There is a large spreading ring, white above but sometimes with yellowish scales underneath. The odor is described as like anise.[2] It belongs to a group of Agaricus which tend to stain yellow on bruising.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lincoff, Gary. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. Chanticleer Press: New York, 1981.
  2. ^ Miller, Orson. Mushrooms of North America. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1984.

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