Agrocybe arvalis
| Agrocybe arvalis | |
|---|---|
| McKeever Environmental Learning Center, Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Strophariaceae |
| Genus: | Agrocybe |
| Species: | A. arvalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Agrocybe arvalis (Fr.) Singer
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Agrocybe arvalis, commonly known as the digitate fieldcap[1] or tuberous fieldcap, is a species of mushroom. It grows in garden beds and on woodchips.[2]
Description
Agrocybe arvalis has a brown, hygrophanous cap and brown spore print.[3] It does not have an annulus. The cap is 1-3 centimeters in diameter. The gills start out yellowish buff in color, and darken in age. The stipe is 5-10 centimeters long and 2-4 millimeters wide.[2]
This species fruits from a sclerotium.[2]
Spores are elliptical and smooth, ranging from 9–10.5 × 5.2–6 µm.[2] Pleurocystidia can have 3–5 apical, finger-like projections.
References
| Agrocybe arvalis | |
|---|---|
| Mycological characteristics | |
| Gills on hymenium | |
| Cap is convex or flat | |
| Hymenium is adnate | |
| Stipe is bare | |
| Spore print is brown | |
| Edibility is unknown | |
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c d Siegel, Noah; Schwarz, Christian (September 1, 2024). Mushrooms of Cascadia: A Comprehensive Guide to Fungi of the Pacific Northwest. Humboldt County, CA: Backcountry Press. p. 137. ISBN 9781941624197.
- ^ Walther, Grit; Weiß, Michael (2006-09-01). "Anamorphs of the Bolbitiaceae (Basidiomycota, Agaricales)". Mycologia. 98 (5): 792–800. doi:10.1080/15572536.2006.11832650. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 17256582. S2CID 2884210.