Agaricus bohusii Bon
(Medusa Mushroom)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Agaricus bohusii (Medusa Mushroom)
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 bohusii 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
	Kibby, G.	2007	Fungal portraits, No. 29: Agaricus bohusii	Field Mycology Vol 8 (1): 3-4.
	Overall, A.	2011	Fungi Royale: Some interesting larger fungi of the Royal Parks - Part 2 saprobes	Fungi Royale: Some interesting larger fungi of the Royal Parks Field Mycology Vol 12 (1): 26-30.

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

Agaricus
(true mushrooms)

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 bohusii (Medusa Mushroom)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Agaricus bohusii (Medusa Mushroom)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Agaricus bohusii is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)