NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Agarics

Agarics (also known as "gilled mushrooms") are one of the most familiar types of mushrooms. The order Agaricales has about 4.000 species (25% of the described homobasidiomycetes). They range from the deadly Destroying angel to the familiar white mushroom, from the hallucinogenic Fly agaric to the bioluminescent Antarctica.

Note that many mushrooms, such as chanterelles, have false gills, and are not Agarics.

Categories: Mushroom types

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INRA - The biodiversity of agarics (681 words)
	Agarics are fungi belonging to the Agaricus genus, the most well-known species of which is the button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.
	Molecular analyses have shown that biochemical characteristics (particularly of an organoleptic type) are essential to classifying agarics as a function of evolution.
	definition of the family links between agarics during evolution through the study of different criteria, is largely based on this collection.

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