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Definition of Field mushroom

1. Noun. Common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerce.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Mushroom

Literary usage of Field mushroom

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club by Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club (1868)
"characteristics peculiar to itself, and by which under all circumstances it may be recognised with ordinary observation. The common field mushroom, ..."

2. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"Cross sections of the lamellae show that the FIG. 328. field mushroom ... field mushroom. Cross section of a lamella, strongly magnified. (ME7.) •. ..."

3. Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club by Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, Hereford, England, G. H. Jack (1868)
"characteristics peculiar to itself, and by which under all circumstances it may be recognised with ordinary observation. The common field mushroom, ..."

4. Nature-study: A Manual for Teachers and Students by Frederick Leopold Holtz (1908)
"Collect some of the common field mushroom (Agaricus campestris) found in fields and ... Note in the field mushroom that there is a ring of membranous ..."

5. Problems in Botany by William Lewis Eikenberry (1919)
"If no other material is available, the common field mushroom (Agaricus) may commonly be purchased in the market, either fresh or canned, but, if possible, ..."

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