meadow mushroom

meadow mushroom

n. An edible white mushroom (Agaricus campestris) that thrives in moist grassy areas.

meadow mushroom

n (Plants) a saprotrophic agaricaceous edible fungus, Agaricus campestris, having a white cap with pink or brown gills on the underside

mead′ow mush`room

n. an edible white mushroom of the genus Agaricus, esp. A. campestris, cultivated for commerce. [1880–85]

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meadow mushroom - common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerceAgaricus campestris, field mushroomagaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the undersideAgaricus, genus Agaricus - type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species