Agaricus

Brief description

Agaricus blazei Murill (in Japan Himematsutake, in China Ji Song Rohg, in Brazil Cogumelo Piedade almond mushroom, Agaricus brasiliensis) is a mushroom belonging to the mushroom family native to South America. It was mainly collected by rural people in the Sao Paulo area near the village of Piedade. It was first described by the mycologist W. A. Murill in 1945. However, its introduction to the world took place in 1960, when Agaricus was sent by T. Furomoto to Japanese laboratories for research. It was not included in the botanical system until 1967 by the Belgian botanist Heinemann. The mushroom became very popular and is now grown commercially all over the world. Among the largest producers of Agaric are the Japanese.

Agaricus belongs to the family Agariaceae. The mushroom has a brownish-golden scaly cap, which also gave it its name - the sun mushroom. The hat is about 2-12 cm in diameter, and the leg is similar in length. In young mushrooms it is convex, but as they age it straightens out and the ends 'fray'. On the underside of the cap, we can find light-coloured basidiospores in young mushrooms and chocolate brown basidiospores in older mushrooms.

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