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Agaricus Mushrooms

Chestnut Mushrooms

Chestnut mushrooms

A chestnut mushroom is the same mushroom as a white button mushroom, but it is a strain that grows just a bit browner instead of white, giving it a tan-coloured top. They are very much like cremini mushrooms and about the same size. They have better flavour and texture than the plain white mushrooms. Chestnut…

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Cremini Mushrooms

Cremini Mushrooms © Denzil Green Cremini Mushrooms aren’t Italian mushrooms. “Cremini” is just a marketing name that was picked, witness the confusion between whether the name is actually spelt Cremini or Crimini. Cremini Mushrooms are actually the same species of mushroom as White Button Mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus.) They are just a slightly different strain of…

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Horse Mushrooms

In the wild, Horse Mushrooms grow in open fields, verges and meadows. They are now also being cultivated. The caps are usually 4 ½ to 6 inches wide (12 to 15 cm.) When the mushroom is very young, the cap is more like an oval knob than it is rounded. As the mushroom matures, the…

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Portobello Mushrooms

Portobello Mushrooms © Denzil Green Portobello mushrooms are the same species of mushroom as white button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus). They are just a slightly different strain of that species, which develops a thin layer of tan or coffee-coloured cells on its cap. When young, and harvested while the cap is still closed, they are called…

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