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Agaricaceae

family of fungi

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In Agaricales: Agaricaceae
The best known family, Agaricaceae, contains fungi with mushroom fruiting bodies as well as many of the puffballs formerly placed in the family Lycoperdaceae. The taxonomy of the group has undergone heavy revision and contains about 85 genera and 1,340 species. The genus
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classification of mushrooms

In mushroom: Form and major groups
…in the agaric family (Agaricaceae), members of which bear thin, bladelike gills on the undersurface of the cap from which the spores are shed. A few mushrooms belong to the order Boletales, which bear pores in an easily detachable layer on the underside of the cap. The sporophore of…
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