''Agaricus subrutilescens'', also known as the wine-colored agaricus, is a
mushroom
A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing Sporocarp (fungi), fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or another food source. ''Toadstool'' generally refers to a poisonous mushroom.
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of the genus ''
Agaricus
''Agaricus'' is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi containing both edible and poisonous species, with over 400 members worldwide and possibly again as many disputed or newly discovered species. The genus includes the common ("button") mushroom ...
''.
Taxonomy
The species was first described scientifically in 1925 as ''Psalliota subrutilescens''.
[ It was transferred to ''Agaricus'' in 1938.][
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Description
''Agaricus subrutilescens'' has a cap
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that is across, dry, and has many wine to brown colored fibrils, especially near the center.gills
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are close and white at first, turning pinkish and then dark brown in age.ring
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and is long, thick, white, and covered with soft woolly scales below the ring.
Habitat and distribution
The mushroom fruits in undisturbed mixed woods in Western North America and Japan. It grows by itself or scattered in small clusters,redwood
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, pine
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, or alder
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. Recently this mushroom has been identified in New Zealand and Australia.
Edibility
This mushroom is variously described as edible,
See also
* List of ''Agaricus'' species
References
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subrutilescens
Fungi described in 1925
Fungi of Asia
Fungi of North America
Fungus species