Agaricus L.
(true mushrooms)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Agaricus arvensis Horse Mushroom	Species		39 images
Agaricus augustus The Prince	Species		4 images
Agaricus bernardii Salty Mushroom	Species		25 images	1 ident. refs
Agaricus bisporus Cultivated Mushroom	Species		2 images
Agaricus bitorquis Pavement Mushroom	Species		28 images	1 ident. refs
Agaricus bohusii Medusa Mushroom	Species			2 ident. refs
Agaricus bresadolanus a mushroom	Species			1 ident. refs
Agaricus campestris Field Mushroom	Species	1 subtaxa	49 images
Agaricus cappellianus Clustered Mushroom	Species			2 ident. refs
Agaricus crocodilinus Macro Mushroom	Species		33 images	1 ident. refs
Agaricus depauperatus a mushroom	Species			1 ident. refs
Agaricus devoniensis Sandy Mushroom	Species			1 ident. refs
Agaricus dulcidulus Rosy Wood Mushroom	Species		28 images
Agaricus endoxanthus a mushroon	Species			1 ident. refs
Agaricus fuscofibrillosus a mushroom	Species			1 ident. refs
Agaricus impudicus Tufted Wood Mushroom	Species		23 images
Agaricus langei Scaly Wood Mushroom	Species		35 images	2 ident. refs
Agaricus litoralis Coastal Mushoom	Species			1 ident. refs
Agaricus moelleri Inky Mushroom	Species		95 images	3 ident. refs
Agaricus phaeolepidotus a mushroom	Species			2 ident. refs
Agaricus subperonatus a mushroom	Species		18 images
Agaricus subrufescens Almond Mushroom	Species			2 ident. refs
Agaricus sylvaticus Blushing Wood Mushroom	Species		84 images
Agaricus sylvicola Wood Mushroom	Species		3 images
Agaricus xanthodermus Yellow Stainer	Species		21 images	4 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Agaricus (true mushrooms)
Family	AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Agaricus is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Brown, T.	2004	Mushrooming Again	Field Mycology Vol 5 (4): 113-115.
Cappelli, A.	1984	Agaricus	Fungi Europaei, Vol 1, 560pp, Biella Giovanna
Kibby, G.	2011	The genus Agaricus in Britain	Privately published, 51pp
Knudsen, H, Lange. C. & Knutsson. T.		Agaricus L.: Fr.	Knudsen, H, Lange. C. & Knutsson. T. Agaricus L.: Fr., Funga Nordica
Marren, P.	2003	Wild Mushrooms in Britain	British Wildlife Vol 14, No 6.: 393-402.
Nauta, M.M.		Agaricus L.	Vellinga, E.C. Agaricaceae (Fr.) Cohn (Key to genera), 2pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 5
Parra Sanchez, L.A.	2013	Agaricus & Allopsalliota (Part 2)	Fungi Europaei, Vol 1a, 2 edition, 1168pp, Candusso - Alssio
Parra Sanchez, L.A.	2008	Agaricus L., Allopsalliota Nauta & Bas (Part 1)	Fungi Europaei, Vol. 1, 2 edition, 824pp, Candusso - Alssio

Agaricus (true mushrooms) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Agaricus (true mushrooms)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 88 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Agaricus (true mushrooms)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Agaricus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)