Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Agaricus campestris var. campestris L.
Synonyms: Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris var. fuscopilosellus
Agaricus campestris var. squamulosus
Pratella campestris
Psalliota campestris
Psalliota campestris var. fuscopilosella
Psalliota campestris var. fuscopilosellus
Psalliota campestris var. squamulosa
Psalliota flocculosa
Common Name: Field Mushroom


Click on the dots to get a species list for the 10km square that it represents.
This distribution map was produced using DMap
Agaricus campestris var. campestrisPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

Have you a photograph, digital or otherwise that you would like to provide for this page? Or would you like to use this photograph? If so, please e-mail David Mitchel at the address given on the home page.

Or search Google Images for this species
View this species in its UK context on the NBN Atlas
Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Carex (2)
Crataegus monogyna (1)
Poaceae (1)
Pinus (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Acid grassland (3)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (3)
Woodland and scrub (3)
Built-up areas (2)
Grassland: neutral, semi-improved, lowland (2)
Improved grassland (2)
Neutral grassland (2)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (2)
Woodland (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (2)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (1)
Calcareous grassland (1)
Grassland: improved/reseeded, lowland (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Sand-dune: dune heath (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (23)
Soil (13)
Grass (1)
Soil sandy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
March (2)
April (1)
June (1)
July (6)
August (11)
September (18)
October (19)
November (8)