Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Agaricus bisporus (J.E. Lange) Imbach
Synonyms: Agaricus bisporus var. albidus
Agaricus bisporus var. bisporus
Agaricus bisporus var. hortensis
Agaricus campestris subsp. hortensis
Agaricus campestris var. bisporus
Agaricus campestris var. buchananii
Agaricus campestris var. elongatus
Agaricus campestris var. hortensis
Agaricus hortensis
Psalliota bispora
Psalliota hortensis
Psalliota hortensis forma albida
Psalliota hortensis forma bispora
Psalliota hortensis var. bispora
Common Name: Cultivated Mushroom


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Agaricus bisporusPhotographer: © Roy Anderson
Photographer: © Roy Anderson

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Equus caballus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Compost Heap (1)
Manure (horse) (1)
Soil (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
May (1)
September (1)
October (1)
November (2)