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Agaricus arvensis

Schaeff.

Horse Mushroom

GNRUnranked Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.946886

Element CodeNFAGA01140

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

IUCNLeast concern

KingdomFungi

PhylumBasidiomycota

ClassBasidiomycetes

OrderAgaricales

FamilyAgaricaceae

GenusAgaricus

Concept Reference

Phillips, R. 1991. Mushrooms of North America. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 319 pp.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Indiana	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Hall Natural Area	Inyo National Forest	5,236

Colorado (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Long Park	Routt NF	42,100

Utah (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Burch Creek	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	6,938

References (5)

Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2018. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 16 June 2018. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2025. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 29 September 2025. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
MycoBank. 2025. MycoBank database download, export date January 2025. International Mycological Association. [http://www.mycobank.org]
Phillips, R. 1991. Mushrooms of North America. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 319 pp.
Species Fungorum. Species Fungorum Partnership (CABI, IT IS, Catalogue of Life). http://www.speciesfungorum.org. (accessed 2015)