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Agaricus arvensis showing the so-called 'cogwheel' on left-hand specimen The cap is 7–20 centimetres (3–8 inches), whitish, smooth, and dry; it stains yellow, particularly when young. [ 4 ] The gills are pale pink to white at first, later passing through grey and brown to become dull chocolate. [ 4 ]
Agaricus is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi containing both edible and poisonous species, with over 400 members worldwide [2] [3] and possibly again as many disputed or newly-discovered species. The genus includes the common ("button") mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) and the field mushroom (A. campestris), the dominant cultivated mushrooms of ...
The common "button mushroom", Agaricus bisporus, is the most widely cultivated edible mushroom. Agaricus blazei is a well-known medicinal mushroom used for a number of therapeutic and medicinal purposes. [11] [12] Several species are poisonous, such as some Lepiota, Agaricus sect. Xanthodermatei and Chlorophyllum species . [8]
Fool's mushroom amanitins: liver Woodland (various) Europe Agaricus arvensis Agaricus campestris Lycoperdon spp. Amanita virosa Bertillon: European destroying angel amanitins: liver Woodland (various) Europe Agaricus arvensis Agaricus campestris Lycoperdon spp. Calonarius splendens Rob. Henry: splendid webcap, yellow clubbed foot orellanine: kidney
The fly agaric, Amanita muscaria, late August, Norway An agaric (/ ˈ æ ɡ ər ɪ k, ə ˈ ɡ ær ɪ k /) is a type of fungal fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus (cap) that is clearly differentiated from the stipe (stalk), with lamellae (gills) on the underside of the pileus.
Agaricus arvensis, the horse mushroom, a mushroom of the genus Agaricus; Alauda arvensis, the skylark, a small passerine bird species; Anagallis arvensis, the scarlet pimpernel or red pimpernel, red chickweed, poorman's barometer, shepherd's weather glass; Anchusa arvensis, the small bugloss and annual bugloss, a plant species of the genus Anchusa
Pages in category "Agaricus" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. ... Agaricus arvensis; Agaricus augustus; Agaricus aurantioviolaceus; B.
He described it in volume two of his Species Plantarum in 1753, giving it the name Agaricus muscarius, [15] the specific epithet deriving from Latin musca meaning "fly". [16] It gained its current name in 1783, when placed in the genus Amanita by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck , a name sanctioned in 1821 by the "father of mycology", Swedish naturalist ...