Agaricus subrufescens Peck
(Almond Mushroom)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Agaricus subrufescens (Almond 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 subrufescens 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
	Henrici, A.	2006	Notes and Records (April 2006)	Field Mycology Vol 7 (2): 66-68, rear cover.
	Kibby, G.	2003	Fungal Portraits, No. 16: Agaricus rufotegulus (NBR 236)	Field Mycology Vol 4 (4): 111-112.

Agaricus subrufescens (Almond 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 subrufescens (Almond Mushroom)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Agaricus subrufescens (Almond Mushroom)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Agaricus subrufescens is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)