meadow mushroom

British  

noun

1. a saprotrophic agaricaceous edible fungus, Agaricus campestris , having a white cap with pink or brown gills on the underside

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Example Sentences

The humble meadow mushroom, Agaricus campestris, appears in many dishes.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

This species, like the A. silvicola, is closely related to the meadow mushroom, but can be readily separated from it.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

The common meadow mushroom is found from September to frost.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

One need never confound this species with the meadow mushroom, for the spores of that are always purple-brown, while a spore-print of this will always reveal white spores.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

As a matter of fact, for all practicable purposes, there is only one species that is generally eaten,—the Agaricus campestris, or meadow mushroom.

From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by Harris, H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy)