Agaricus subrutilescens

Agaricus subrutilescens, also known as the Wine-Colored Agaricus is a mushroom of the genus Agaricus. This mushroom is a good edible.

Additional recommended knowledge

Essential Laboratory Skills Guide

Weighing the right way

Daily Visual Balance Check

Appearance

Agaricus subrutilescens has a cap which is 5-13 cm across, dry, and has many and wine to brown colored fibers, especially near the center. The gills are close and white at first, turning dark brown in age. The stalk has a skirt like ring and is 4 to 20 cm long, 1-3 cm thick, long, white, and covered with soft woolly scales. The flesh is white and does not stain, and the odor and taste is pleasant.

The purplish fibrous cap and shaggy white stem differentiate this mushroom from others which resemble it.

Habitat

Found in undisturbed mixed woods in Western North America and Japan.

It grows by itself or scattered in small clusters, often under redwood, pine, or alder.