Agaricus impudicus

Agaricus impudicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Agaricus
Species:	A. impudicus
Binomial name
Agaricus impudicus (Rea) Pilát (1951)
Synonyms
Psalliota impudica Rea (1932)

Agaricus impudicus Mycological characteristics
	gills on hymenium
	cap is convex
	hymenium is free
	stipe has a ring
	spore print is brown
	ecology is saprotrophic
	edibility: edible

Agaricus impudicus, is a mushroom of the genus Agaricus, a familiar genus with many edible species.

Description[]

As with all Agaricus species, gills are free, colour progresses with age from pale-pink to a chocolate color, and spores are dark brown. The stipe has a clear annulus (ring).

Cap 4–15 cm wide, and appears brownish due to numerous brownish scales on a white background. The stipe is white, 6–12 cm tall and 0.8–2 cm thick, cylindrical and wider towards the bottom, or ending in a bulb.

It is distinguished from similar forest-growing Agaricus mushrooms in that it does not bruise yellowish or reddish when cut and the widening stipe. Taste is mild and the mushroom is edible.

Habitat[]

Known to occur in Western and Southern Europe and New Zealand, this uncommon mushroom is found in deciduous or coniferous forest in autumn.

Taxonomy[]

This species is known under a number of synonyms, all these refer to the same species:

• Agaricus brunnoleus (J. Lange) Pilát
• Agaricus koelerionensis (Bon) Bon 1980
• Agaricus reae Bon 1981
• Agaricus variegans F.H. Møller 1952
• Agaricus variegatus (F.H. Møller) Pil�t 1951
• Psalliota impudica Rea 1932
• Psalliota variegata F.H. Møller 1950
• Psalliota variegata var. koelerionis Bon 1972

See also[]

• List of Agaricus species

References[]

• "Danske storsvampe. Basidiesvampe" [a key to Danish basidiomycetes] J.H. Petersen and J. Vesterholt eds. Gyldendal. Viborg, Denmark, 1990. ISBN 87-01-09932-9
• Agaricus impudicus entry at Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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