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Agaricus arorae
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About
Agaricus arorae is a moderate-sized, forest-dwelling mushroom that exhibits distinctive color changes. It fruits early in the mushroom season. Unusually within the genus Agaricus, the mushroom's cap cuticle turns yellow when exposed to a base such as potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide but stains red when cut. In the field, it has a brownish, fibrillose/squamulose cap, which turns red when bruised. Agaricus arorae was first described from Santa Cruz County but since has been found in...
- Family
- Agaricaceae
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- Name
- Agaricus arorae
- Slug
- agaricus-arorae
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Agaricaceae
- Genus
- Agaricus
- Species
- arorae
- Wikidata QID
- Q4691332
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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