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Agaricus campestris L., 1753 (Field Mushroom)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Agaricus campestris? Fruitbody 18 September 2006 Derby England 6
Agaricus campestris 6 October 1987 North Wiltshire England 8

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #webs
Variety Agaricus campestris var. campestris L., 1753 (Field Mushroom) 17 9 6  
Variety Agaricus campestris var. equestris (F.H. Møller) Pilát, 1951 (a field mushroom)       3

Suggested Literature

General Works

Fox, R.T.V., 2006 Fungal Foes in your garden: Fairy Ring Mushrooms

Agaricus campestris 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)
Agaricus
(true mushrooms)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Agaricus campestris is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Poaceae - grasses - formerly Graminae fruitbody is associated with UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Trees - Broadleaved And Coniferous Trees fruitbody is associated with UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Agaricus campestris:

fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by effuse colony of Mycogone anamorph Mycogone perniciosa - an anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

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

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

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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