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White Button Mushroom
White Button Mushroom
Agaricus bisporus
Fungi
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
A few weeks
Size
Medium
Diet
Decomposer
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Europe and North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Spores
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

The most cultivated mushroom in the world, harvested young while its veil still hides the gills beneath a pale dome. Its brown-capped variants — cremini and portobello — are the same species at different stages of maturity.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    spore
    A microscopic spore drifts on air or water and germinates where moisture and substrate meet.
  2. 2.
    mycelium
    A thread-like mycelium spreads through the substrate, breaking it down into nutrients.
  3. 3.
    fruiting body
    A mature fruiting body emerges to release the next generation of spores.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Agaricaceae
Genus
Agaricus
Species
Agaricus bisporus