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Agaricus L., 1753 (true mushrooms)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Species Agaricus altipes (F.H. Møller) Pilát, 1951 (a mushroom)           3
Species Agaricus arvensis Schaeff., 1762 (Horse Mushroom)   20   9   2
Species Agaricus augustus Fr., 1838 (The Prince)   4       2
Species Agaricus benesii (Pilát) Pilát, 1951 (a mushroom)           1
Species Agaricus bernardii Quél., 1878 (a mushroom)           1
Species Agaricus bisporus (J.E. Lange) Imbach, 1946 (Cultivated Mushroom)   2       2
Species Agaricus bitorquis (Quél.) Sacc., 1887 (a mushroom)   5 15 8    
Species Agaricus bohusii Bon, 1981 (a mushroom)         1 1
Species Agaricus bresadolanus Bohus, 1969 (a mushroom)           1
Species Agaricus campestris L., 1753 (Field Mushroom) 2 31 9 6 1 6
Species Agaricus comtulus Fr., 1838 (a mushroom)           1
Species Agaricus cupreobrunneus (Jul. Schäff. & Steer ex F.H. Møller) Pilát, 1951 (a mushroom)           1
Species Agaricus depauperatus (F.H. Møller) Pilát, 1951 (a mushroom)         1 1
Species Agaricus dulcidulus Schulzer, 1874 (Rosy Wood Mushroom)   9 15     1
Species Agaricus fuscofibrillosus (F.H. Møller) Pilát, 1951 (a mushroom)           1
Species Agaricus gennadii (Chatin & Boud.) P.D. Orton, 1960 (a mushroom)           5
Species Agaricus impudicus (Rea) Pilát, 1951 (a mushroom)     17 7   2
Species Agaricus langei (F.H. Møller) F.H. Møller, 1952 (Scaly Wood Mushroom)   15   15 1 1
Species Agaricus lanipes (F.H. Møller & Jul. Schäff.) Singer, 1951 (a mushroom)           2
Species Agaricus litoralis (Wakef. & A. Pearson) Pilát, 1951 (a mushroom)           1
Species Agaricus luteomaculatus (F.H. Møller) F.H. Møller, 1952 (a mushroom)           1
Species Agaricus lutosus (F.H. Møller) F.H. Møller, 1952 (a mushroom)           4
Species Agaricus macrocarpus (F.H. Møller) F.H. Møller, 1952 (a mushroom)           1
Species Agaricus moelleri Wasser, 1973 (Inky Mushroom)   25 25 15 1 1
Species Agaricus moellerianus Bon, 1985 (a mushroom)           1
Species Agaricus osecanus Pilát, 1951 (a mushroom)           3
Species Agaricus pampeanus Speg., 1880 (a mushroom)           1
Species Agaricus phaeolepidotus (F.H. Møller) F.H. Møller, 1952 (a mushroom)         1 3
Species Agaricus porphyrizon P.D. Orton, 1960 (Lilac Mushroom)           1
Species Agaricus porphyrocephalus F.H. Møller, 1952 (a mushroom)           1
Species Agaricus pseudovillaticus Rauschert, 1992 (Clustered Mushroom)         1 1
Species Agaricus silvaticus Schaeff., 1762 (Blushing Wood Mushroom)   19 37 24   2
Species Agaricus silvicola (Vittad.) Peck, 1872 (Wood Mushroom)   3       1
Species Agaricus subfloccosus (J.E. Lange) Pilát, 1951 (a mushroom)           6
Species Agaricus subrufescens Peck, 1894 (a mushroom)         2 2
Species Agaricus urinascens (F.H. Møller & Jul. Schäff.) Singer, 1949 (Macro Mushroom) 2 16 17     2
Species Agaricus xanthodermus Genev., 1876 (Yellow Stainer)   8 9   2 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Brown, T., 2004 Mushrooming Again
Cappelli, A., 1984 Agaricus
Marren, P., 2003 Wild Mushrooms in Britain
Nauta, M.M. Chapter in…
Parra, L.A., 2008 Agaricus and Allopsalliota

General Works

Shotbolt, R., 2002 Hidden perils of the Schäffer test

Agaricus may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Agaricus:

fruitbody fruitbody is food source of larva Onthophagus coenobita - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by colony of Hormiactis anamorph Hormiactis alba - an anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
Photos fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by effuse colony of Mycogone anamorph Mycogone rosea - an anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
fruitbody fruitbody may house imago Oxyomus sylvestris - a scarab beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986

Agaricus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
Jessop, L., 1986 Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)

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