It can also be grown at home on a wood-based substrate mixture. This mushroom grows in small clusters and is and is characterized by a velvety brown hat and thin stalks. It has a desirable sweet nutty flavor and remains crispy after preparation, making it popular in many dishes.
Agrocybe aegerita
Black Poplar / Populierleemhoed
This Mushroom is originally from Southern Europe, where it's called 'Pioppino'. In nature this mushroom grows on tree stems, stumps and trunks of Poplar trees and sometimes on Willows.
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Agrocybe aegerita - Full grown Black Poplar mushrooms. Part of the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition.