Genus

Agaricus (Field and button mushrooms)

Agaricus subrutilescens. Photo: (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Agaricus is a genus of mushrooms containing both edible and poisonous species, with possibly over 300 members worldwide. The genus includes the common (“button”) mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) and the field mushroom (Agaricus campestris), the dominant cultivated mushrooms of the West.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
        Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
        Suborder: Agaricineae
        Family: Agaricaceae (Field mushrooms and allies)
        Genus: Agaricus (Field and button mushrooms)
        Subgenus: Pseudochitonia (8)
        Subgenus: Flavoagaricus (Agaricus subg. flavoagaricus) (5)
        Subgenus: Agaricus (Agaricus subg. agaricus) (1)
        Subgenus: Spissicaules (1)
        Subgenus: Minores (Agaricus subg. minores) (2)

Subtaxa

Subgenus: Pseudochitonia

Subgenus: Flavoagaricus (Agaricus subg. flavoagaricus)

Subgenus: Agaricus (Agaricus subg. agaricus)

Subgenus: Spissicaules

Subgenus: Minores (Agaricus subg. minores)

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