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The information that will be discussed in this chapter deals mainly with the white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, but we will also present some background information on other mushrooms. There are more than 38,000 kinds of mushrooms in the world and these vary considerably in color, size and shape. Only a fraction of these 38,000+ types of mushrooms are grown or harvested for commercial purposes. The most significant of these include the specialty mushrooms and the white button mushroom.
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Horgen, P.A., Castle, A. (2002). Application and Potential of Molecular Approaches to Mushrooms. In: Kempken, F. (eds) Agricultural Applications. The Mycota, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03059-2_1
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