button mushroom

noun

: a small, white mushroom that is often eaten as a vegetable

Full Definition of BUTTON MUSHROOM

: a usually small white mushroom (Agaricus bisporus syn. A. brunnescens) in which the pileus has not yet expanded

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1865

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