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White Button Mushroom

Fungi

Agaricus bisporus, the cultivated mushroom, is a basidiomycete fungus native to grasslands in Eurasia and North America, cultivated in more than seventy countries and one of the most widely consumed mushrooms in the world. It passes through two colour states while immature, white and brown, known by various names including button, cremini, chestnut and portobello depending on stage and variety, and it typically grows in rich soil and compost, though a few poisonous species can resemble it in the wild.

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Farmed or Commercially Raised 1
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Narrow, crowded, free gills, initially pink, then red-brown, finally dark brown 1
Scientific Name
Agaricus bisporus 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Agaricales, Taxa
Source Wikidata: White Button Mushroom

In Biome

Grassland, Biomes
Source Agaricus bisporus - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Agaricus bisporus - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    Agaricus bisporus
  • Description, gills
    The narrow, crowded gills are free and initially pink, then red-brown, and finally a dark brown with a whitish edge from the cheilocystidia.
  • cultivated in more than 70 countries
  • In Biome: Grassland, Wikipedia intro: "Agaricus bisporus, the cultivated mushroom, is a basidiomycete mushroom native to grasslands in Eurasia and North America. It is cultivated in more than 70 coun..."
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: White Button Mushroom
  • Wikidata Q227690, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Agaricales, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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