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Agaricales
poisonous mushrooms
white button mushroom shaggy mane, or shaggy cap Stump puffball panther cap mushroom shiitake mushrooms honey mushroom oyster cap Scaly pholiota
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Also Known As agaric • gill fungus • gill fungi

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Agaricales
white button mushroom
shaggy mane, or shaggy cap
Stump puffball
panther cap mushroom
shiitake mushrooms
honey mushroom
oyster cap
Scaly pholiota
Armillaria
poisonous mushrooms
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