Back Agaricus AN غاريقون Arabic غاريقون ARZ Agaricus AST Şampinyon Azerbaijani Аҡ көләпәрә Bashkir Шампіньён Byelorussian Печурки Bulgarian Agaricus Catalan Agaricus CEB
| Agaricus | |
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| The type species Agaricus campestris (field or meadow mushroom) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Agaricus L. (1753) |
| Type species | |
| Agaricus campestris L. (1753)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Agaricus is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi containing both edible and poisonous species, with over 400 members worldwide[2][3] and possibly again as many disputed or newly-discovered species. The genus includes the common ("button") mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) and the field mushroom (A. campestris), the dominant cultivated mushrooms of the West.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
urlFungorum: Agaricuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bas C. (1991). A short introduction to the ecology, taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Agaricus, 21–24. In L.J.L.D. Van Griensven (ed.), Genetics and breeding of Agaricus. Pudoc, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
- ^ Capelli A. (1984). Agaricus. L.: Fr. (Psalliota Fr.). Liberia editrice Bella Giovanna, Saronno, Italy