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Cultivated Agaricus

The Chameleons

Appears in
The Mushroom Cookbook

By Michael Hyams and Liz O'Keefe

Published 2017

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Encompasses
Button, closed-cup or cremini, giants, flat, chestnut, brown cap, black poplar, portobello, Paris mushroom, Paris white
Latin Name
Agaricus bisporus
Usually Found
They are found everywhere โ€“ where people eat mushrooms, this mushroom will be grown commercially
Season
Summer to autumn, but available all year

We all know the mushroom Agaricus bisporus very well: these are the mushrooms in your punnets, supermarkets, delis, restaurant and fields. Button mushrooms, closed-cup mushrooms and flat mushrooms are all the same white type of Agaricus bisporus, just at different growing stages (two days, four days and six days, respectively). And itโ€™s the same for chestnut mushrooms and portobello mushrooms, which are different sizes of the brown strain. For wild Agaricus.

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