Agaricus silvicola

Taxobox
color = lightblue
name = "Agaricus silvicola"

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image_width = 200px
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
subclassis = Homobasidiomycetidae
ordo = Agaricales
familia = Agaricaceae
genus = "Agaricus"
species = "A. silvicola"
binomial = "Agaricus silvicola"
binomial_authority = (Vittad.) Peckmycomorphbox
name = Agaricus silvicola
whichGills = free
capShape = convex
capShape2 = flat
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter=ring
ecologicalType=saprotrophic
sporePrintColor=brown
howEdible=edible

"Agaricus silvicola", also known as the Wood Mushroom is a species of Agaricus mushroom related to the button mushroom.

Taxonomy

Description

The cap is light cream, and bruises yellow ochre when damaged. (See photograph). It is 5-10 cms in diameter, which makes it slightly smaller than it's close relative "Agaricus arvensis", the Horse Mushroom. The stem is long, slim, and usually has a bulbous base. It is much the same colour as the cap, and has a fragile drooping ring. The flesh is thin and white, and smells of aniseed.cite book | author = Roger Phillips | year = 2006 | title = Mushrooms | publisher = Pan MacMillan | isbn = 0-330-44237-6] It looks fairly similar to a young Death Cap, it is believed by some mycologists. [http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Agaricus_silvicola.html]

Distribution and Habitat

"A. silvicola" grows in both "deciduous" and "coniferous" woodland in Britain, Europe, and North America.cite book |author=David Arora |year=1986 |title=Mushrooms Demystified |publisher=Ten Speed Press |isbn=0-89815-169-4] Appearing in the autumn (fall), it is rarely seen in huge numbers, usually just a few, or solitary. Occasional.

Edibility

It is edible and popular in Europe. [http://www.mtsn.tn.it/bresadola/gallery.asp?code=137&lang=eng] [http://www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Agaricus_silvicola.htm] Presumed to have caused an allergic reaction in a few people in North America. [ [http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Agaricus_silvicola.html] ]

imilar species

*"Agaricus osecanus"
*"Agaricus xanthodermus" The Yellow Stainer.
*"Agaricus arvensis" The Horse Mushroom.
*"Agaricus campestris" The Field Mushroom

References