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Agaricus Linnaeus, 1753

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Stockholm.

Classification

kingdom
Fungi
phylum
Basidiomycota
class
Agaricomycetes
order
Agaricales
family
Agaricaceae
genus
Agaricus

Name

Synonyms
Fungus Adanson ex O.Kuntze, 1898
Fungus Tourn. ex Adans.
Hypophyllum Paulet
Myces Paulet, 1808
Homonyms
Agaricus Linnaeus, 1753
Agaricus Rafinesque, 1830
Agaricus Linnaeus ex Murrill, 1905
Agaricus
Agaricus Fr. ex Rabenh.
Common names
Agarics in French
Agáricos in Spanish
Atmatenes in Latvian
Button mushroom in English
Champignon in Danish
Champignon in Danish
Champignons in Dutch
Champinhons e afins in Portuguese
Champiñones in Spanish
Funghi prataioli in Italian
Kërpudha të bardha in Albanian
Mushroom in English
Pieczarka in Polish
Pievagrybis in Lithuanian
Prataioli in Italian
Sjampinjongslekta in Nynorsk, Norwegian
champinjoner in Swedish
csiperkék in Hungarian
field and button mushrooms in English
herkkusienet in Finnish
herkkusienet in Finnish
kukmaki in Slovenian
pečárka in Czech
sjampinjong in Norwegian Bokmål
sjampinjonger in Norwegian Bokmål
Šampinjon in Estonian
šampinjonid in Estonian
Печериця in Ukrainian
Шампиньон in Russian
Шампіньён in Belarusian
Շամպինյոն in Armenian
אַגאַריק in Yiddish
פקועה in Hebrew
สกุล เห็ดกระดุม in Thai
ハラタケ属 in Japanese
傘菌屬 in Chinese
주름버섯속 in Korean
Field And Button Mushrooms in English
Field And Button Mushrooms in English
Mushroom in English
Mushroom in English
Mushroom in English
champinjoner in Swedish
sjampinjonger in Norwegian Bokmål
sjampinjonger in Nynorsk, Norwegian
champinjonsläktet in Swedish
sjampinjong in Nynorsk, Norwegian
sjampinjong in Norwegian Bokmål

Bibliographic References

  1. (2012) Funga Nordica. Agaricoid, boletoid, clavarioid, cyphelloid and gastroid genera
  2. Betancur M. A.; Calderón M. H., Betancourt O. G., Sucerquia A. G. 2007. Hongos macromycetes en dos relictos de bosque húmedo tropical montano bajo de la vereda la cuchilla, Marmato, Caldas. Bol. Cient. Museo de historia natural U. Caldas. 11: 19 – 31.
  3. Fries (1821) Systema mycologicum
  4. He, Zhao, Hyde, Begerow, Kemler, Yurkov, McKenzie, Raspé, Kakashima, Sánchez-Ramírez & Vellinga (2019) Notes, outline and divergence times of Basidiomycota
  5. Index fungorum
  6. Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm.
  7. Linnæus (Linnaeus) (1753) Species plantarum
  8. Lundqvist & Persson (1987) Svenska svampnamn
  9. López-Q, C., A. Vasco-Palacios, A. Franco-Molano. 2007. Macrohongos de un Bosque de Roble, Quercus humboldtii Bonpl., en la Vereda Contrafuerte, Municipio de Andes (Colombia).
  10. Robert, Stegehuis & Stalpers (2025) The MycoBank engine and related databases
  11. Rocabruna,A. ( 1983). Excursions, Butl.Soc.Catalana Micol.Butl.Soc.Catalana Micol.7:11 <1658>
  12. Wijayawardene & al. (2025) Outline of Fungi
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