Poplar mushrooms - Photo by Wendell Smith
Poplar mushroom is an edible mushroom species. It is cultivated commercially in Japan, Korea, Australia, China and the USA.
Names
Scientific
Agrocybe aegerita
Synonym
Agrocybe cylindracea
Pholiota aegerita
English
Chestnut mushroom
Poplar mushroom
Velvet pioppino
Spanish
Seta de chopo
German
Südlicher Ackerling
Südlicher Schüppling
Italian
Piopparello
Pioppino
Other
Yanagi-matsutake
Taxonomy
Order
Agaricales
Family
Strophariaceae
Genus
Agrocybe
Species
Agrocybe aegerita (Poplar mushroom)
Crop categories
Cool temperate crops
Mediterranean crops
Minor crops
Mushrooms
Temperate crops
Pictures
Poplar mushrooms - Photo by Wendell Smith
Gills of Poplar mushroom - Photo by Wendell Smith
Young Poplar mushrooms - Photo by Wendell Smith