Agaricus campestris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Agaricaceae |
Genus: | Agaricus |
Species: | A. campestris
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Binomial name | |
Agaricus campestris L. (1753)
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Agaricus campestris | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is convex | |
Hymenium is free | |
Stipe is bare | |
Spore print is brown | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is choice |
Agaricus campestris is a widely eaten gilled mushroom closely related to the cultivated A. bisporus (button mushroom). A. campestris is commonly known as the field mushroom or, in North America, meadow mushroom.