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Also Known As	agaric • gill fungus • gill fungi

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Marasmiaceae oyster mushroom Pholiota Lycoperdaceae Amanitaceae Agaricaceae Gondwanagaricites magnificus king oyster mushroom Agaricus Armillaria Polyporales stinkhorn Boletales

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Mushrooms growing in forest. (vegetable; fungus; mushroom; macrofungi; epigeous)

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