Agaric
An agaric is a common name for a group of gilled mushrooms that have a cap, a stalk, and a lamellate underside. The term derives from the genus Agaricus, a well-known and widely cultivated group, but in modern usage "agaric" describes many gilled mushrooms across several genera within the order Agaricales. Historically, it was sometimes applied to most mushrooms with a cap and gills.
Most agarics have a pileus (cap) atop a stalk, with gills on the underside that produce spores.
Ecologically, agarics are widely distributed and predominantly saprotrophic or mycorrhizal. They occur in forests, grasslands, and
Humans cultivate and consume some agarics, most notably Agaricus bisporus, the common button mushroom, including white