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Agrocybe sororia

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Agrocybe sororia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Agrocybe
Species:
A. sororia
Binomial name
Agrocybe sororia
(Peck) Singer
Synonyms

Naucoria sororia (Peck)

Agrocybe sororia
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is brown
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is edible, but unpalatable
Agrocybe sororia

Agrocybe sororia is a species of Basidiomycota mushroom in the genus Agrocybe.[1]

The cap is convex to plane, tawny fading to pale yellow-buff; and is sometimes cracked, or wrinkled. It is 5-10 cm in diameter and non-hygrophanous.

The gills have an adnate attachment to the stipe. They are 2-5 mm thick and white when young, turning yellowish brown to dull brown with age. The spores are cinnamon-brown and subovoid to ellipsoid, with 1 μm truncated germ pores. The basidia have 2-4 sterigmata and inconspicuous hilar appendages . [2]

The stipe is cylindrical, concolor with the cap and lacks a ring or partial veil. The base of the stipe is club-shaped, fibrillose and 3.4-5(1.2) x 0.4-0.9 cm, in size. [2] It has white mycelium and rhizomorphs.

The odour and taste is mealy (not bitter). Agrocybe sororia is distributed in eastern North America.[3] It is found in wood mulch, composts and grassy areas and is saprotrophic.[4]

Similar species

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A. firma is similar but it has dark-brown pileus and lacks of mealy odour. A. putaminum has a mealy odour, bitter taste and pileocystidia.

References

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  1. ^ "Agrocybe sororia". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  2. ^ a b "Les champignons du Québec". www.mycoquebec.org. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  3. ^ Baroni T.J, Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada, pg. 301, Timber Press (2017), ISBN 1604698144
  4. ^ "Agrocybe and Cyclocybe (MushroomExpert.Com)". www.mushroomexpert.com. Retrieved 2024-01-30.