Agaricus bisporus

species of fungus
Taxon taxon Q227690
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Summary

Agaricus bisporus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.34% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,725 views/month, #670 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: cultivated mushroom[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Agaricus[5]
  • Taxon name: Agaricus bisporus[6]
  • Subclass of: Agaricus[7]
  • Commons category: Agaricus bisporus[8]
  • Has basionym: Psalliota hortensis f. bispora[9]
  • Hymenium type: lamella[10]
  • Mushroom cap shape: convex mushroom cap[11]
  • Hymenium attachment: free hymenium attachment[12]
  • Stipe character: ring stipe[13]
  • Spore print color: brown[14]
  • Mushroom ecological type: saprobiont[15]
  • Edibility: choice mushroom[16], medicinal mushrooms[17], edible mushroom[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Agaricus bisporus[19]
  • Commons gallery: Agaricus bisporus[20]
  • Taxon synonym: Agaricus bisporus var. eurotetrasporus[21], Agaricus bisporus var. perrubescens[22], Agaricus bisporus var. burnettii[23], Agaricus campestris var. hortensis[24], Agaricus bisporus var. avellaneus[25], Agaricus bisporus var. albidus[26], Agaricus campestris var. bisporus[27], Agaricus cookeanus[28], Agaricus subfloccosus var. bisporus[29], Psalliota hortensis[30], Psalliota bispora[31], Psalliota hortensis f. bispora[32], Psalliota hortensis var. bispora[33], Psalliota campestris var. hortensis[34]
  • This taxon is source of: button mushroom[35], portobello mushroom[36]
  • Short name: A. bisporus[37]
  • Taxon common name: madarch meithrin[38], Gekweekte champignon[39], žampión hnědý[40], viljelyherkkusieni[41], Zweisporiger Champignon[42], dvotrosni kukmak[43], 双孢蘑菇[44]
  • Fabrication method: cultivation of Agaricus bisporus[45]
  • Taxon author citation: (J.E.Lange) Imbach (1946)[46]

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Identifiers

Agaricus bisporus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 61395[47]. Agaricus bisporus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5341[48]. Agaricus bisporus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1004413[49]. Agaricus bisporus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5243447[50].

Why It Matters

Agaricus bisporus has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [48] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Die Positivliste der Speisepilze (Stand: 20.06.2019). wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Diversity of edible and medicinal fungi from National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest, China. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Diversity of edible and medicinal fungi from National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest, China. wikidata.org.
  18. [49] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [50] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [31] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [32] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [33] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [34] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [38] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [39] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  41. [40] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [41] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [42] ↑ . Datenbank der Pilze Deutschlands. Retrieved . pilze-deutschland.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [44] ↑ . Diversity of edible and medicinal fungi from National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest, China. wikidata.org.
  46. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [47] ↑ . iNaturalist. wikidata.org.
  48. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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