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Agaricus subg. Agaricus
Agaricus
Agaricus is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi containing both edible and poisonous species, with over 400 members worldwide and possibly again as many disputed or newly discovered species. The genus includes the common ("button") mushroom (A. bisporus) and the field mushroom (A. campestris), the dominant cultivated mushrooms of the West.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.223
Illustrations of British Mycology, First Series
Anna Maria Hussey (1805-1853) · n.d. · p.262
Illustrations of British Mycology, First Series
Anna Maria Hussey (1805-1853) · n.d. · p.380
Les champignons de la France : histoire, description, culture, usages des espèces comestibles, vénéneuses, suspectes, employés dans les arts, l'industrie, l'économie domestique et la médecine
Cordier, François Simon · n.d. · p.527
Les champignons de la France : histoire, description, culture, usages des espèces comestibles, vénéneuses, suspectes, employés dans les arts, l'industrie, l'économie domestique et la médecine
Cordier, François Simon · n.d. · p.533
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.43
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.55
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.716
Les champignons de la France : histoire, description, culture, usages des espèces comestibles, vénéneuses, suspectes, employés dans les arts, l'industrie, l'économie domestique et la médecine
Cordier, François Simon · n.d. · p.543
Illustrations of British Mycology, Second Series
Anna Maria Hussey (1805-1853) · n.d. · p.118
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.126
Illustrated Icons of Rare Fungi Species
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon · 1803 · p.100
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 824801.