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Agaricus augustus



Agaricus augustus

Conservation status
Secure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Homobasidiomycetes
Subclass: Homobasidiomycetidae
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Agaricus
Species: A. augustus
Binomial name
Agaricus augustus
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Agaricus augustus
mycological characteristics:
 
gills on hymenium
 

cap is convex

 

hymenium is free

 

stipe has a ring

 

spore print is brown

 

ecology is saprophytic

 

edibility: edible

Agaricus augustus, also known as the Prince is a mushroom of the genus Agaricus. It has the smell and taste of almonds due to the presence of benzaldehyde and benzyl alcohol. [1]

Description

  • Cap: 5-30 cm across, dry, and has many and brown colored scales covering the entire cap surface. The flesh is thick, white, bruises yellow in age.
  • Gills: Close and cream colored at first, turning dark brown in age.
  • Spores: The spores are 9x6 um and colored chocolate brown.
  • Stipe: Has a skirt-like ring and is 12 to 40 cm long, 2-6 cm thick, long, white, and is smooth above the ring and scaly below.
  • Taste: Excellent.
  • Odor: Smells like almonds.

The yellow-brown scales on the cap and almond odor differentiate this mushroom from others which resemble it.

Habitat

This mushroom is widely distributed and is found in the woods and in gardens. Though this mushroom is saprophytic, it is often found under conifers.

Edibility

This mushroom is edible. It is collected widely in Eurasia, North America, Canada and some parts of Mexico. It is often used in omelettes in Europe, thinly sliced. However, this mushroom can be eaten fried too, as a vegetable.

 
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Agaricus_augustus". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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