Biology:Agrocybe sororia
| Agrocybe sororia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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| Synonyms | |
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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: edible, but unpalatable |
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
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
- ↑ "Agrocybe sororia". https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name%20details%20page/239933.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Les champignons du Québec". https://www.mycoquebec.org/.
- ↑ Baroni T.J, Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada, pg. 301, Timber Press (2017), ISBN:1604698144
- ↑ "Agrocybe and Cyclocybe (MushroomExpert.Com)". https://www.mushroomexpert.com/agrocybe.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q10403512 entry
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