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Some grocery stores in the Western world sell this mushroom in canned and fresh preparations. An agaric, its gills are often left on in preparations. It can be found cooked on pizzas and casseroles, stuffed mushrooms, raw on salads, and in various forms in a variety of dishes.
The common mushroom could be confused with young specimens of the deadly poisonous destroying angel. This type of mushroom produce compounds that fight cancer!
The white button mushroom lives in grasslands, fields and meadows across Europe and North America.
White Button
Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Subclass: Homobasidiomycetidae Order: Agaricales Family: Agaricaceae Genus: Agaricus Species: A. bisporus