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Agaricus subrutilescens



Agaricus subrutilescens

Conservation status
Secure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Homobasidiomycetes
Subclass: Homobasidiomycetidae
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Agaricus
Species: A. subrutilescens
Binomial name
Agaricus subrutilescens
(Kauffman) Hotson & D.E. Stuntz, (1938)
Agaricus subrutilescens
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 subrutilescens, also known as the Wine-Colored Agaricus is a mushroom of the genus Agaricus. This mushroom is a good edible.

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.

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