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Field Mushrooms
Field Mushrooms are a wild mushroom. The name "Field Mushroom" isn't particularly helpful, given that wild mushrooms grow in 1 or 2 places: in fields or in woods. It's not as though any grow underwater or inside glaciers.
The mushroom called "Field Mushroom" is very closely related to the White Button Mushrooms (Agaricus Mushrooms) sold in stores. It grows in North America and Europe from summer to autumn, depending on where you are. They sometimes grow bunched tightly together; sometimes in Fairy Rings.
The cap on mature ones can grow up to 4 inches wide (10 cm). Like the white mushrooms at the store, when young, a quite white skin covers pink gills. As the mushroom matures and the cap opens, the gills turn brown from the spores being produced.
Maggots often infest quite mature ones. They enter the mushroom from underneath via the spaces between the gills, so there won't be any apparent maggot holes. Consequently, most people suggest not to bother with the big ones.
They have a very mild taste, very much like the ones from the stores.
Nutrition
Field Mushrooms are very hard for beginning mushroom collectors to gather in the wild because, while they think it looks familiar to recognize without a second thought, there are a few very deadly mushrooms in the wild that also look very much like the white store mushrooms as well.
Language Notes
Called "Field Mushroom" in the UK and in Australia; "Meadow Mushroom" in North America.
Also called:  Meadow Mushrooms Agaricus campestris (Scientific Name) Agaric champêtre, Psalliote champêtre, Rosé de prés (French) Wiesen-Egerling (German) Cnocch', Cuppitiello, Fung' ross, Prataiolo di campo, Tariddo (Italian) Camperol, Champiñón del Bosque, Champiñón sylvestre (Spanish)
See Also
Agaricus Mushrooms
Other entries for Wild Mushrooms
Beefsteak Mushrooms, Blewit Mushrooms, Branched Oyster Fungus, Chanterelle Mushrooms, Chicken-of-the-Woods Mushrooms, False Morels, Field Mushrooms, Granulated Bolete Mushrooms, Hedgehog Mushrooms, Honey Mushrooms, King Trumpet Mushrooms, Lion's Mane Mushrooms, Lobster Mushrooms, Matsutake Mushrooms, Morel Mushrooms, Mousseron Mushrooms, Nametake Mushrooms, Oronge Mushrooms, Porcini Mushrooms, Puff Ball Mushrooms, Slippery Jack Mushrooms, St George's Mushrooms, Stone Mushrooms, Wine Cap Mushrooms
Other entries for Mushrooms
Agaricus Mushrooms, Bay Boletus Mushrooms, Brick Top Mushrooms, Cauliflower Mushrooms, Cloud Ear Mushrooms, Enoki Mushrooms, Hen-of-The-Woods Mushrooms, Mushroom Gills, Nameko Mushrooms, Oyster Mushrooms, Shiitake Mushrooms, Shimeji Mushrooms, Snow Mushrooms, Stipe, Straw Mushrooms, Truffles, Wood Ear Mushrooms
Other entries for Vegetables
Agave, Artichokes, Asparagus, Brassica Family, Canned Vegetables, Cardoons, Celery, Corn, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Frozen Vegetables, Garlic, Gourds, Herbed Vinegars, Horseradish Tree, Hoshi Shiitake, Leafy Vegetables, Lotus, Mixed Vegetables, Pak Wan, Peas, Peppers, Root Vegetables, Sago Palm, Seaweed, Spinach, Sprouts, Squash, Tomatoes, Viscous Vegetables
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