Agaricus

Agaricus
The type species Agaricus campestris (field or meadow mushroom)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Agaricus
L. (1753)
Type species
Agaricus campestris
L. (1753)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amanita Dill. ex Boehm. (1760)
  • Araneosa
  • Fungus Tourn. ex Adans. (1763)
  • Hypophyllum Paulet (1808)
  • Longula Zeller (1945)
  • Myces Paulet (1808)
  • Agaricus trib. Psalliota Fr. (1821)
  • Pratella (Pers.) Gray (1821)
  • Psalliota (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)

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 West.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference urlFungorum: Agaricus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Bas C. (1991). A short introduction to the ecology, taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Agaricus, 21–24. In L.J.L.D. Van Griensven (ed.), Genetics and breeding of Agaricus. Pudoc, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
  3. ^ Capelli A. (1984). Agaricus. L.: Fr. (Psalliota Fr.). Liberia editrice Bella Giovanna, Saronno, Italy