Global InformationAgrocybe pediades information
| Agrocybe pediades | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Strophariaceae |
| Genus: | Agrocybe |
| Species: | A. pediades
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| Binomial name | |
| Agrocybe pediades (Fr.) Fayod
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| Synonyms | |
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Agrocybe semiorbicularis (Bull.) Quél. | |
Agrocybe pediades Mycological characteristics | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium attachment is not applicable |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is edible but not recommended |
Agrocybe pediades, commonly known as the common fieldcap or common agrocybe,[1] is a typically lawn and other types of grassland mushroom,[2] but can also grow on mulch containing horse manure. It was first described as Agaricus pediades by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1821, and moved to its current genus Agrocybe by Victor Fayod in 1889. A synonym for this mushroom is Agrocybe semiorbicularis, though some guides list these separately.[3] Technically it is edible, but it could be confused with poisonous species, including one of the genus Hebeloma.
- ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
- ^ "Agrocybe pediades - GBIF Portal". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. pp. 226–27. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.