Agaricus sylvaticus Schaeff.
(Blushing Wood Mushroom)

Interactions where Agaricus sylvaticus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with UK/Ireland PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus sylvaticus/Agaricus sylvaticusblushing wood mushroomfruitbody Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifers

Interactions where Agaricus sylvaticus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by compact colony of Penicillium anamorph Penicillium brevicompactum Rollrim Mould Eurotiales: Trichocomaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Eurotiales/Trichocomaceae/Penicillium brevicompactum/Penicillium brevicompactumrollrim mouldcompactcolonyPenicillium anamorph Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus sylvaticus/Agaricus sylvaticusblushing wood mushroomfruitbody compact colony of Penicillium anamorph parasitises fruitbody

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Agaricus sylvaticus (Blushing Wood Mushroom) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Agaricus sylvaticus (Blushing Wood Mushroom) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgaricus sylvaticus (Blushing Wood Mushroom)
GenusAgaricus (true mushrooms)
FamilyAGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Agaricus sylvaticus (Blushing Wood Mushroom)

Agaricus sylvaticus (Blushing Wood Mushroom) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Agaricus sylvaticus (Blushing Wood Mushroom):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 84 images of Agaricus sylvaticus (Blushing Wood Mushroom)

A common, large mushroom of woodland, parks, roadside verges and dunes. It is easily recognised by the brown cap and the cut flesh turning orange-red then blood-red in the upper stipe and cap. It is often eaten.

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Although widespread throughout Great Britain, the majority of the records are concentrated in Lincolnshire and southern central England.

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