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Agaricales

Medical Definition: An extensive order of basidiomycetous fungi whose fruiting bodies are commonly call mushrooms.
Guide Notes: note x ref MUSHROOMS; pois = MUSHROOM POISONING
Also Called: Agaricaceae,Cortinarius
Previously Indexed: Basidiomycetes (1966-1974)
Agaricales Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Agaricus - A basidiomycetous fungal genus of the family Agaricaceae, order Agaricales, which includes the field mushroom (A. campestris) and the commercial mushroom (A. bisporus).
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Amanita - A genus of fungi of the family Agaricaceae, order Agaricales; most species are poisonous.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Coprinus - A genus of black-spored basidiomycetous fungi of the family Coprinaceae, order Agaricales; some species are edible.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Lentinus - A genus of fungi of the family Tricholomataceae, order AGARICALES. The commonly known SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS are Lentinus edodes (also seen as Lentinula edodes).

Agaricales Medical Definitions and Terms

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