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Agaricus macrosporus

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Agaricus macrosporus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Agaricus
Species:
A. macrosporus
Binomial name
Agaricus macrosporus
(F.H.Møller & Jul.Schff.) Pilát (1951)
Synonyms[1]

Psalliota arvensis subsp. macrospora F.H.Møller & Jul.Schäff. (1938)
Psalliota macrospora (F.H.Møller & Jul.Schäff.) F.H.Møller (1951)
Agaricus albertii Bon (1988)

Agaricus macrosporus
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is free
Stipe has a ring
Spore print is purple-brown
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is edible

Agaricus macrosporus is a rare, edible mushroom found from June at wood fringes and in meadows.

Description

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The white cap is hemispherical and white when young, but later flattens out up to 25 centimetres (10 inches) in diameter and becomes yellowish or tan. Its flesh is very thick. The gills are pinkish grey when young, and become brown with age. The spores measure 12 by 6 μm and are purplish-brown and almond-shaped. The stem is strong and thick, with a broad ring. It may measure 8 to 12 cm (3 to 4+12 in) in height and up to 3 cm in diameter.

The flesh is white with a mild taste and a smell of aniseed, turning slowly orange when cut.

Similar species

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It is possible to confuse this mushroom with dangerous amanitas such as A. phalloides and A. pantherina.

Agaricus excellens differs by its taller and slimmer stipe which is striped lengthwise. Agaricus augustus does not have the pure white cap in young specimens.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Agaricus macrosporus (F.H. Møller & Jul. Schäff.) Pilát 1951". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  • Bon, Marcel (1987). The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North Western Europe. Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-39935-X.
  • E. Garnweidner. Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe. Collins. 1994.