Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Agaricaceae — three hundred species of mushrooms.

Etymologies

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From Latin agaricum ("agaric"), from Ancient Greek ἀγαρικόν (agarikon).

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Examples

  • Some online research revealed that decaying wood can phosphoresce due to the presence of a fungus known as Agaricus melleus.

    Where is All Your Knowledge Gone To? scottedelman 2008

  • The cultivated mushroom, known as Agaricus campestris, may be distinguished from other poisonous kinds of fungi by its having pink or flesh-coloured gills, or under-side, and by its invariably having an agreeable smell, which the toadstool has not.

    The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

  • The cultivated mushroom, known as Agaricus campestris, may be distinguished from other poisonous kinds of fungi by its having pink or flesh-coloured gills, or under-side, and by its invariably having an agreeable smell, which the toadstool has not.

    The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

  • Just so they won't feel left out, here are the other fungi mentioned by Riggs that are quite suitable for his invention: Ascomycete mycelia; Bjerkandera sordidicola sp BOS55; Pycnoporus cinnabarinus; Stachybotrys; Inonotius dryophilus; Perenniporia medulla-panis; Ganoderma oregonense; Trametes versicolor; Phellinus badius; Agaricus bisporus; Pieurotus ostreatus; Lentinula edodes; and Phanerochaete Chrysosporium.

    Vaux-le-Vicomte in the DMZ 2007

  • Just so they won't feel left out, here are the other fungi mentioned by Riggs that are quite suitable for his invention: Ascomycete mycelia; Bjerkandera sordidicola sp BOS55; Pycnoporus cinnabarinus; Stachybotrys; Inonotius dryophilus; Perenniporia medulla-panis; Ganoderma oregonense; Trametes versicolor; Phellinus badius; Agaricus bisporus; Pieurotus ostreatus; Lentinula edodes; and Phanerochaete Chrysosporium.

    Archive 2007-07-01 2007

  • Last year a friend of mine who isn't really into mushrooms gave me a box of large, wild, field mushrooms Agaricus spp. which had a very strong mushroom odour.

    Archive 2007-07-01 2007

  • Last year a friend of mine who isn't really into mushrooms gave me a box of large, wild, field mushrooms Agaricus spp. which had a very strong mushroom odour.

    At My Table 2007

  • He said there were some field mushrooms Agaricus spp. in the area where we had just picked.

    Archive 2006-05-01 2006

  • He said there were some field mushrooms Agaricus spp. in the area where we had just picked.

    At My Table 2006

  • Agaricus bisporus, has only "Cultivated Mushroom; Button Mushroom", which is interesting since this book is from 1979.

    languagehat.com: PORTOBELLO. 2004

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