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Agaricus subrufescens (syn. Agaricus blazei, A. brasiliensis or A. rufotegulis) is a species of fungus, commonly known as the almond mushroom.[1][2] It is edible for most people, with a somewhat sweet taste and a fragrance of almonds. Agaricus subrufescens was first described by the American botanist Charles Horton Peck in 1893.[3] During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was cultivated for the table in the eastern United States.[4] It was discovered again in Brazil during the 1970s, and misidentified as Agaricus blazei Murrill, a species originally described from Florida. It was soon marketed for its purported medicinal properties under various names, including ABM (for Agaricus blazei Murrill), cogumelo do sol (mushroom of the sun), cogumelo de Deus (mushroom of God), cogumelo de vida (mushroom of life), himematsutake, royal sun agaricus, Mandelpilz, and almond mushroom. In 2002, Didukh and Wasser correctly rejected the name A. blazei for this species, but called the Brazili

Agaricus subrufescens - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Species of fungus [[Nauta]] (1999)</small>\n*''Agaricus brasiliensis'' <small>[[Solomon P. Wasser|Wasser]], [[M. Didukh]], [[M. A. L. Amazonas|Amazonas]] & [[Paul Stamets|Stamets]] (2002) [''[[nom. illegit.]]'', non ''A. brasiliensis'' [[Elias Magnus Fries|Fr.]] (1830)]</small>\n*''Agaricus blazei'' <small>auct. non [[William Murrill|Murrill]] (1945)</small>"}},"i":1}}]}'> Agaricus subrufescens Agaricus subrufescens Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order

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