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Agaricus bisporus (J.E. Lange) Imbach, Mitt. naturf. Ges. Luzern 15: 15 (1946)

Agaricus campestris sensu Cooke [Ill. Brit. Fung. 527 Vol. 4 (1885)]
Agaricus campestris var. buchananii Berk., Gard. Chron.(24): 1039 (1860)
Agaricus campestris var. elongatus Berk., Gard. Chron.(Dec. 1): 1061 (1860)
Agaricus campestris var. hortensis Cooke, Handb. Brit. Fungi: 138 (1871)
Psalliota hortensis (Cooke) J.E. Lange, Dansk bot. Ark. 4(no. 12): 8 (1926)
Psalliota hortensis f. bispora J.E. Lange, Dansk bot. Ark. 4(no. 12): 8 (1926)
Agaricus hortensis (Cooke) S. Imai, J. Fac. agric., Hokkaido Imp. Univ. Sapporo 43: 258 (1938)
Psalliota bispora (J.E. Lange) F.H. Møller & Jul. Schäff., Annls mycol. 36: 69 (1938)
Agaricus campestris var. bisporus Kligman, Am. J. Bot. 3: 746 (1943)

Habitat: On soil, amongst grass in parkland, pastures and other grasslands or at the edges of fields. Rarely in woodland. Occasionally on manure and compost heaps or rubbish tips. Extensively cultivated.

Notes: Occasional but widespread.

Distribution: E: o, S: !, W: !, NI: !, ROI: !, Other: Channel Islands: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 99760; Wales: K(M) 157415; NI: K(M) 106135; ROI: K(M) 106134

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 2nd part: Entolomataceae, Pluteaceae, Amanitaceae, Agaricaceae, Coprinaceae, Bolbitiaceae 4: 368 pp. (1995), p. 164, pl. 172
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 210
D+I:, in Capelli, A., Fungi Europaei 1: Agaricus 1: 560 pp. (1984), p. 380, pl. 7
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 5: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands, (Ed.: M.E. Noordeloos, T.W. Kuyper & E.C. Vellinga) 5: 169 pp. (2001), p. 34-35

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