Agaricus bisporus is an edible basidiomycete mushroom native to grasslands in Europe and North America. It has two color states while immature – white and brown – both of which have various names, with additional names for the mature state. A. bisporus is cultivated in more than seventy countries and is one of the most commonly and widely consumed mushrooms in the world.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Agaricus bisporus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
🍽 Used in cooking
Compound class profile5 classes
Fatty alcohols7
Fatty aldehydes5
Aminoacids5
Unsaturated fatty acids3
Oxo fatty acids $ Unsaturated fatty acids2
Documented compounds110 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
WATER
91,830 mg/100g
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CARBOHYDRATE
4,079.375 mg/100g
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fiber, total dietary
1,717 mg/100g
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ASH
829.2 mg/100g
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nitrogen(.)
462.5 mg/100g
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potassium(1+)
373 mg/100g
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lipid
370.8 mg/100g
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phosphorus, p
93.05 mg/100g
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magnesium, mg
10.16 mg/100g
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sodium(1+)
6.443 mg/100g
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05DNA & barcoding91 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Agaricus bisporus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens91
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections945
Countries16
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P★ITS10★ITS1
animal barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceNCBI
The complete instruction manualAgaricus bisporus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈30 448 276 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
THIS GENOME Agaricus bisporus0.03 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy34% within 1 km
≤100 m 160≤1 km 181≤10 km 569>10 km 84
994 georeferenced · 133 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 127
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy57% within 1 km
≤100 m 17≤1 km 60≤10 km 51>10 km 7
135 georeferenced · 896 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 031
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 13 records without
Open the mapnot free-living13
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions37 of 61 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Kyiv, UA
37
Durango, MX
27
San Sebastián, ES
21
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
17
WU-MYClocation not on record
14
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
11
Kew, GB
11
Philadelphia, US
10
Olocation not on record
9
9
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
9
Görlitz, DE
9
Copenhagen, DK
8
Helsinki, FI
8
DPIlocation not on record
8
MeiseBGlocation not on record
8
Denver, US
6
Karlsruhe, DE
6
Uppsala, SE
6
Brisbane, AU
6
Tartu, EE
5
Auckland, NZ
5
TENN-Flocation not on record
4
LDlocation not on record
3
Trondheim, NO
3
JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record
3
Kensington, AU
3
Vancouver, CA
3
Logan, US
3
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
3
TROMlocation not on record
2
Adelaide, AU
2
Oulu, FI
2
Bardejov, SK
2
Toronto, CA
2
Salzburg, AT
2
Göteborg, SE
2
National Mushroom Centre, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Bhutanlocation not on record
2
Staten Island, US
2
Santa Cruz, US
2
Stockholm, SE
1
Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record
1
Assam Agricultural Universitylocation not on record
1
Joensuu, FI
1
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
1
Hobart, AU
1
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
1
Chicago, US
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
Turku, FI
1
Gijón, ES
1
Zürich, CH
1
ILLSlocation not on record
1
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
1
Odawara, JP
1
Department of Plant Resources, National Herbarium and Plant Laboratorieslocation not on record
1
GJOlocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Kathmandu, NP
1
UAclocation not on record
1
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
1
61 institutions · 316 of 1 031 vouchered records shown · 709 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA945 detections
Where the DNA of Agaricus bisporus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found945
Studies independent surveys9
Countries16
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 945 detections have coordinates
Open the map16 countries0
I hage, pÃ¥ kompostSoil with plant litterSpruce(Softwood) dowel buried in soil of a m…Pine(Softwood) dowel buried in soil of a mix…PalearcticBirch(Hardwood) dowel buried in soil of a mi…
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
479 samples with on-site data · median with range · describes the sample, not the organism
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median12.7 °C 9.80–22.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter12.4 °C
Max temp (day)16.9 °C 14.1–27.2
Min temp (night)8.40 °C 5.20–18.4
Precipitation56.9 mm/mo 22.4–123
Air humidity57.4 % 54.6–63.0
Moisture balance-29.7 mm/mo -101–55.2
Vapour deficit613 Pa 483–1,154
Wind speed3.70 m/s 2.20–5.00
Cloud cover27.3 % 11.8–42.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 867 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI945 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics91 specimens↗
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