Agrocybe pediades

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Agrocybe pediades
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Agrocybe
Species:
A. pediades
Binomial name
Agrocybe pediades
Synonyms

Agrocybe semiorbicularis(Bull.) Quél.

Agrocybe pediades
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Convex cap icon.svg Cap is convex
NA cap icon.svg Hymenium attachment is not applicable
Bare stipe icon.svg Stipe is bare
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Spore print is brown
Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic
Mycomorphbox Edible.pngMycomorphbox Caution.pngEdibility is edible but not recommended

Agrocybe pediades, commonly known as the common fieldcap or common agrocybe, [1] is a typically lawn and other types of grassland mushroom, [2] but can also grow on mulch containing horse manure. It was first described as Agaricus pediades by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1821, and moved to its current genus Agrocybe by Victor Fayod in 1889. A synonym for this mushroom is Agrocybe semiorbicularis, though some guides list these separately. [3] Technically it is edible, but it could be confused with poisonous species, including one of the genus Hebeloma .

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Description

The mushroom cap is 1–3 cm wide, round to convex (flattening with age), pale yellow to orange-brown, smooth, sometimes cracked, and tacky with moisture but otherwise dry. [4] The stalks are 2–5 cm tall and 1–3 mm wide. [4] A partial veil quickly disappears, leaving traces on the cap's edge, [4] but no ring on the stem. [5] The cap's odor and taste are mild or mealy. [4]

The spores are brown, elliptical, and smooth. [4] Some experts divide A. pediades into several species, mainly by habitat and microscopic features, such as spore size. It is recognized by the large, slightly compressed basidiospores which have a large central germ pore, 4-spored basidia, subcapitate cheilocystidia and, rarely, the development of pleurocystidia. [6]

This species is edible, but it could be confused with poisonous species, including one of the genus Hebeloma . [7] Some field guides just list it as inedible [3] or say that it is not worthwhile. [5]

Similar species

Similar species include Agrocybe praecox and A. putaminum . [4]

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References

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