Agaricus bisporus (J.E. Lange) Imbach
(Cultivated Mushroom)

Interactions where Agaricus bisporus 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
is associated with Scytalidium thermophilum an anamorphic fungus Sordariales Taxonomy of Scytalidium thermophilum, an important thermophilic fungus in mushroom compost, Straatsma, G. & Samson, R.A., 1993
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroom Fungus / associate /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Scytalidium thermophilum/Scytalidium thermophiluman anamorphic fungus

Interactions where Agaricus bisporus 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
mycelium is parasitised by colony of Cephalosporium anamorph UK/Ireland Lecanicillium fungicola an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
Three diseases of cultivated mushrooms., Smith, F.E.V., 1924
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Cordycipitaceae/Lecanicillium fungicola/Lecanicillium fungicolaan anamorphic funguscolonyCephalosporium anamorph Fungus / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroommycelium colony of Cephalosporium anamorph parasitises mycelium
(patchily chocolate-brown) patchily chocolate-brown fruitbody is parasitised by UK/Ireland Acremonium a genus of anamorphic fungi Hypocreales British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Acremonium/Acremoniuma genus of anamorphic fungi Fungus / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroompatchily chocolate-brownfruitbody parasitises patchily chocolate-brown fruitbody
(thick stiped, small capped, deformed) thick stiped, small capped, deformed fruitbody is parasitised by chlamydospore of Hypomyces anamorph UK/IrelandCaptivity Mycogone perniciosa Mycogone Disease Of Mushrooms - causative organism Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Three diseases of cultivated mushrooms., Smith, F.E.V., 1924
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Mycogone perniciosa/Mycogone perniciosaMycogone disease of mushrooms (causative organism)chlamydosporeHypomyces anamorph Fungus / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroomthick stiped, small capped, deformedfruitbody Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedchlamydospore of Hypomyces anamorph parasitises thick stiped, small capped, deformed fruitbody
(thick stiped, small capped, deformed) thick stiped, small capped, deformed fruitbody is parasitised by colony of Verticillium anamorph UK/IrelandCaptivity Mycogone perniciosa Mycogone Disease Of Mushrooms - causative organism Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Three diseases of cultivated mushrooms., Smith, F.E.V., 1924
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Mycogone perniciosa/Mycogone perniciosaMycogone disease of mushrooms (causative organism)colonyVerticillium anamorph Fungus / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroomthick stiped, small capped, deformedfruitbody Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedcolony of Verticillium anamorph parasitises thick stiped, small capped, deformed fruitbody
decaying decaying of fruitbody is decayed by ForeignRare Paecilomyces penicillatus (An Ascomycete) Eurotiales: Trichocomaceae A UK commodity Pest Risk Analysis for the cultivated mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, Woodhall, J.W., Smith, J.E., Mills, P.R. & Sansford, C.E., 2009
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Eurotiales/Trichocomaceae/Paecilomyces penicillatus/Paecilomyces penicillatus(an ascomycete) Fungus / saprobeForeign /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroomdecayingfruitbodyRare is saprobic on decaying of fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by colony of Hormiactis anamorph UK/Ireland Hormiactis alba an anamorphic fungus Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Hormiactis alba/Hormiactis albaan anamorphic funguscolonyHormiactis anamorph Fungus / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroomfruitbody colony of Hormiactis anamorph parasitises fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by colony of Verticillium anamorph Verticillium psalliotae an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Cordycipitaceae/Verticillium psalliotae/Verticillium psalliotaean anamorphic funguscolonyVerticillium anamorph Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroomfruitbody colony of Verticillium anamorph parasitises fruitbody
gill (fasciated, mouldy) fasciated, mouldy gill of fruitbody is parasitised by colony of Cephalosporium anamorph UK/IrelandCaptivity Simplicillium lamellicola Gill Mildew or Flock Disease Of Mushrooms - causative organism Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
Three diseases of cultivated mushrooms., Smith, F.E.V., 1924
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Cordycipitaceae/Simplicillium lamellicola/Simplicillium lamellicolagill mildew or flock disease of mushrooms (causative organism)colonyCephalosporium anamorph Fungus / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroomfasciated, mouldygillfruitbody Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedcolony of Cephalosporium anamorph parasitises fasciated, mouldy gill of fruitbody
mycelium mycelium is parasitised by Foreign Pseudomonas ’reactans’ (A Bacterial Pathogen) Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceae A UK commodity Pest Risk Analysis for the cultivated mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, Woodhall, J.W., Smith, J.E., Mills, P.R. & Sansford, C.E., 2009
/Proteobacteria/Gammaproteobacteria/Pseudomonadales/Pseudomonadaceae/Pseudomonas 'reactans'/Pseudomonas 'reactans'(a bacterial pathogen) Fungus / parasiteForeign /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroommycelium parasitises mycelium
mycelium mycelium is parasitised by Foreign Pseudomonas costantinii (A Bacterial Pathogen) Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceae A UK commodity Pest Risk Analysis for the cultivated mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, Woodhall, J.W., Smith, J.E., Mills, P.R. & Sansford, C.E., 2009
/Proteobacteria/Gammaproteobacteria/Pseudomonadales/Pseudomonadaceae/Pseudomonas costantinii/Pseudomonas costantinii(a bacterial pathogen) Fungus / parasiteForeign /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroommycelium parasitises mycelium
mycelium mycelium is associate of Foreign Trichoderma aggressivum f.sp. aggressivum (A Mould) Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae A UK commodity Pest Risk Analysis for the cultivated mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, Woodhall, J.W., Smith, J.E., Mills, P.R. & Sansford, C.E., 2009
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Trichoderma aggressivum f.sp. aggressivum/Trichoderma aggressivum f.sp. aggressivum(a mould) Fungus / associateForeign /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroommycelium is associated with mycelium
mycelium mycelium is associate of Foreign Trichoderma asprellum (A Mould) Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae A UK commodity Pest Risk Analysis for the cultivated mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, Woodhall, J.W., Smith, J.E., Mills, P.R. & Sansford, C.E., 2009
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Trichoderma asprellum/Trichoderma asprellum(a mould) Fungus / associateForeign /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroommycelium is associated with mycelium
mycelium mycelium is associate of fruitbody Clitopilus passeckerianus a toadstool Agaricales: Entolomataceae 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/Entolomataceae/Clitopilus passeckerianus/Clitopilus passeckerianusa toadstoolfruitbody Fungus / associate /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroommycelium fruitbody is associated with mycelium
mycelium (live) live mycelium is food source of anamorph UK/Ireland Chaetomium globosum an ascomycete fungus Sordariales: Chaetomiaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Chaetomiaceae/Chaetomium globosum/Chaetomium globosuman ascomycete fungusanamorph Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroomlivemycelium anamorph feeds on live mycelium
mycelium (live) live mycelium is food source of anamorph UK/Ireland Chaetomium globosum an ascomycete fungus Sordariales: Chaetomiaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Chaetomiaceae/Chaetomium globosum/Chaetomium globosuman ascomycete fungusanamorph Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agaricus bisporus/Agaricus bisporuscultivated mushroomlivemycelium anamorph feeds on live mycelium

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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
Moore, W.C., 1959British Parasitic Fungi430pp, Cambridge University Press
Smith, F.E.V., 1924Three diseases of cultivated mushrooms.TBMS Vol 10 (1+2): 81-99.
Straatsma, G. & Samson, R.A., 1993Taxonomy of Scytalidium thermophilum, an important thermophilic fungus in mushroom compostMycol. Res. Vol 97 (03): 321-328.
Woodhall, J.W., Smith, J.E., Mills, P.R. & Sansford, C.E., 2009A UK commodity Pest Risk Analysis for the cultivated mushroom, Agaricus bisporusPRAs for consultation on pest risk management PRAs for consultation on pest risk management.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgaricus bisporus (Cultivated 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 bisporus (Cultivated Mushroom)

Agaricus bisporus (Cultivated Mushroom) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Smith, F.E.V. 1924 Three diseases of cultivated mushrooms. TBMS Vol 10 (1+2): 81-99.

Pathology

Nixon, T. 2011 A rapid new test for Trichoderma green mould in mushroom compost 1.
Woodhall, J.W., Smith, J.E., Mills, P.R. & Sansford, C.E. 2009 A UK commodity Pest Risk Analysis for the cultivated mushroom, Agaricus bisporus PRAs for consultation on pest risk management PRAs for consultation on pest risk management.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Agaricus bisporus (Cultivated Mushroom):

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