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Definition of Meadow mushroom

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meadow Mushroom

Literary usage of Meadow mushroom

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

1. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"Agaricus campestris (MEADOW-MUSHROOM) 1 A. Classification: Division I. ... prepared with special reference to the meadow mushroom (Agaricus campestris). ..."

2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1885)
"The Agaricus arvensis (horse mushroom) is a species very nearly allied to the meadow mushroom, and frequently grows with it, but is coarser, and has not the ..."

3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1922)
"It usually has a double collar around the stipe instead of single as in the ease of the meadow mushroom. The pileus is thick and the gills are pinkish. ..."

4. A Manual of Domestic Economy: Suited to Families Spending from £150 to £1500 by John Henry Walsh (1874)
"The flavour is almost identical with the meadow mushroom, for which it is generally mistaken by country people. Fig; 2. ..."

5. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1900)
"Common Field, or Meadow, Mushroom. In old pastures you frequently see the field, or meadow, mushroom. It is white or greyish on top, grows on a white stem ..."

6. Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and how to Distinguish Them: A Selection by William Hamilton Gibson (1899)
"... known as the " meadow mushroom " (Plate 5). It is the species commonly exposed in our markets. Its cultivation is an ••The" important industry, ..."

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