Agrocybe sororia
| Agrocybe sororia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Strophariaceae |
| Genus: | Agrocybe |
| Species: | A. sororia
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| Binomial name | |
| Agrocybe sororia (Peck) Singer
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Agrocybe sororia
Agrocybe sororia is a species of Basidiomycota mushroom in the genus Agrocybe. The cap is convex to plane, tawny fading to pale yellow-buff; the pileus sometimes is cracked, or wrinkled. The gills have an adnate attachment to the stipe. The spore print is cinnamon-brown. The stem is cylindrical, equal, concolor with the cap and lacks a ring; usually with white cords in the stem base. It is found in wood mulch. Odour and taste mealy (not bitter). This mushroom distributes in eastern North America.[1]
Similar species[]
is similar but it has dark-brown pileus and lacks of mealy odour. A. putaminum has mealy odour and a bitter taste. Also, has pileocystidia.
References[]
- ^ Baroni T.J, Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada, pg. 301, Timber Press (2017), ISBN 1604698144
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