Mushroom Observer: Observation: Agaricus subrufescens Peck (549)

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Observation: Agaricus subrufescens Peck (549)

When: 2002-10-18
Collection location: Burbank, Los Angeles Co., California, USA [Click for map]
Who: Nathan Wilson (nathan)
No herbarium specimen

Species Lists:
All Home Observations (Burbank) (4)

Notes: Found growing in my garden where the previous spring I had buried a failed “A. brasiliensis” kit from Mushroom Adventures.

As Mike Wood points out in his comment, A. brasiliensis has been synonymized with A. subrufescens.

Later fruiting in the same area as observation 550

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*Agaricus subrufescens* Peck		nathan		(no votes)

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Created: 2006-08-03 22:19:36
By: Nathan Wilson (nathan)
Summary: Changed name to A. subrufescens...

Thanks Mike! I just looked at the article you referenced and I see what you mean.

Created: 2006-08-03 22:08:50
By: Michael Wood (mykoweb)
Summary: Agaricus subrufescens is correct name

According to a recent article the Richard Kerrigan, the correct name for this taxa is Agaricus subrufescens:

Kerrigan, Richard. Agaricus subrufescens, a cultivated edible and medicinal mushroom, and its synonyms. Mycologia 97: 12-14. 2005.

Observation created: Sun May 21 00:35:26 -0700 2006
Last modified: Thu Aug 03 22:26:13 -0700 2006

Images:

Agaricus subrufescens Peck (698)

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