Agaricus bernardii Quél.
(Salty Mushroom)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgaricus bernardii (Salty Mushroom)
GenusAgaricus (true mushrooms)
FamilyAGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Agaricus bernardii (Salty Mushroom) :
1: Agaricus bernardii (Salty Mushroom)
4 Sep 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
7 fruitbodies near edge of vegetation, at base of shingle bank
Image 1: Cap - in situ - close-up - shadeImage 2: Cap - in situ - close-up - shade (2)Image 3: Cap - in situ - close-up - shade - weededImage 4: Cap - in situ - close-up - sunshineImage 5: Cap surface - close-upImage 6: Fruitbody (young) - close-upImage 7: Fruitbody (young) - LSImage 8: Fruitbody (young) - LS - close-upImage 9: Fruitbody (young) - LS - close-up (2)Image 10: Fruitbody - lain down to show ripe gillsImage 11: Fruitbody - LSImage 12: Growing on edge of vegetation at foot of shingle bankImage 13: In situ - shadeImage 14: In situ - sunlightImage 15: Lain down to show stipeImage 16: Lain down to show undersideImage 17: Side view - in situImage 18: Stipe - LS - close-up to show reddening - enlargedImage 19: Gill edge with embedded cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 20: Spores - magnifiedImage 21: Spores - magnified (2)Image 22: Spores - magnified (3)Image 23: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 24: Spores - highly magnified (2)Image 25: Spores - highly magnified (3)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Pearson, A.A. 1952 New Records and Observations V. TBMS Vol 35 (2): 97-122, IN1-2.

Agaricus bernardii (Salty Mushroom) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Agaricus bernardii (Salty Mushroom)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Agaricus bernardii (Salty Mushroom)
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