Directory of Agaricaceae Resources

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Agaricaceae is a family of fungi that contains about 50 genera including Agaricus, the mushrooms.

Resources in This Category

• Agaricus amicosus

  http://www.mushroomexpert.com/agaricus_amicosus.html
  Photograph and notes on this species.

• Agaricus arvensis

  http://www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Agaricus_arvensis.htm
  Photographs and information on this species, commonly known as the Horse Mushroom, with guidance on distinguishing it from deadly Amanitas. English and Polish.

• Agaricus augustus

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/aug2002.html
  Article by Tom Volk on this robust and stately mushroom commonly known as the Prince.

• Agaricus bernardii

  http://www.mushroomexpert.com/agaricus_bernardii.html
  Photographs and notes on this species.

• Agaricus bitorquis

  http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISCE2002/agardriv.htm
  Photograph of the fruiting bodies of this species, commonly known as the Sidewalk Mushroom, pushing their way up through tarmac.

• Agaricus fuscofibrillosus

  http://www.mushroomexpert.com/agaricus_fuscofibrillosus.html
  Photograph and notes on this red-staining mushroom.

• Agaricus placomyces

  http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/GILL%20FUNGI/DARK/agaricus.htm
  Photograph and description of this woodland fungus.

• Agaricus pocillator

  http://www.mushroomexpert.com/agaricus_pocillator.html
  Photographs and notes on this species.

• Agaricus silvaticus

  http://www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Agaricus_silvaticus.htm
  Photographs and information on this species, commonly known as the Wood Mushroom. English and Polish.

• Agaricus subrufescens

  http://www.mushroomexpert.com/agaricus_subrufescens.html
  Photograph and notes on this mushroom often found growing on compost piles and mulch.

• California Fungi: Agaricus

  http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/genera/Agaricus.html
  The principal characteristics of the genus Agaricus and links to other sites. Also a list of those species found in California with photographs of about 20 of them.

• Coprinaceae

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinaceae
  These fungi have rather soft, fragile fruiting bodies, and are characterized by black or dark brown spore powder. Some species liquify when the spores are mature. Information and photographs from Wikipedia.

• Coprinus

  http://www.dipbot.unict.it/sistematica/Copr_bdi.html
  Microscopic image.

• Coprinus

  http://www.dipbot.unict.it/sistematica/Coprinus.html
  Microscopic image.

• Coprinus

  http://www.grzyby.pl/coprinus-site-Kees-Uljee/species/Coprinus.htm
  Provides a key to the subsections of the genus with images and characteristics of each species.

• Coprinus comatus

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/may2004.html
  Article with photographs by Tom Volk on this species, sometimes called the Lawyer’s Wig.

• Coprinus sp.

  http://www.dipbot.unict.it/sistematica/Copri_ba.html
  Microscopic image.

• Cystoderma

  http://www.pilzepilze.de/galerie/v/Lateinisch/C/cystoderma/
  Photographs of several members of this genus.

• Cystolepiota

  http://www.pilzepilze.de/galerie/v/Lateinisch/C/cystolepiota/
  Photographs of several members of this genus.

• Genetic Structure of Natural Populations of Agaricus bisporus

  http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/content/88/6/482.full.pdf+html
  Account of research into the genetics of some populations.

• Leucocoprinus birnbaumii

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/feb2002.html
  Illustrated article by Tom Volk on this yellow fungus, also known as Lepiota lutea, often to be found growing in potting compost.

• Macrolepiota procera

  http://www.dipbot.unict.it/sistematica/Macrolep.html
  Photograph of this species, commonly known as the parasol mushroom.

• Of Mites, Nematodes and Fungi

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul00/ofmites.html
  Photographic article by M. Halit Umar on the theme that life is a continuous interaction between organisms, in this case the edible mushroom Agaricus bisporus and other organisms which depend on it and each other.

• Podaxis pistillaris

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podaxis_pistillaris
  Photograph and information on this species from Wikipedia.

• Tulostoma fimbriatum

  http://www.pilzepilze.de/galerie/v/Lateinisch/T/tulostoma/fimbriatum/1.html
  Photograph of this small species.

 

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