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of mushrooms ...chiefly in the agaric family (Agaricaceae),
members of which bear thin, bladelike gills on the undersurface
of the cap from which the spores are shed. The sporophore of an
agaric consists of a cap ( pileus) and a stalk (stipe). The
sporophore emerges from an extensive underground network of
threadlike strands (mycelium). An example of an agaric is the
honey mushroom (Armillaria mellea).... What made you want to
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