Closed Cup Mushrooms are baby button white mushrooms (Agaricus Mushrooms) grown into ‘teenagers’. Though the head of the mushroom is less round, the pinkish gills of the mushroom are still covered with a thin white skin, so the ‘cup’ is still ‘closed.’ The flavour is very mild. This is the most popular stage of growth…
White Mushrooms
Large Open Cup Mushrooms
Large Open Cup Mushrooms are more mature white mushrooms (Agaricus Mushrooms.) The cup is fully opened with the skin all pulled back, exposing the brown gills, and they have a rich flavour and darker colour. The top will have become flat. If allowed to grow further, the mushroom will move into cremini / portobello stages.
Open Cup Mushrooms
Open Cup Mushrooms are White Mushrooms (Agaricus Mushrooms) that have been allowed to grow until the skin has pulled back, revealing the gills, which have turned brown from some spore production. The top is still rounded. Some portion of the skin may still cover some of the gills. If allowed to grow further, the mushroom…
White Mushrooms
The white mushrooms that most of us buy at supermarkets are all really the same kind, Agaricus mushrooms. They might look like different mushrooms, but that’s just because they are sold at various stages of growth. While growing, Agaricus mushrooms will double their size every 24 hours. The longer they are allowed to grow before…