button mushroom

noun

: a usually small white mushroom (Agaricus bisporus synonym A. brunnescens) in which the pileus has not yet expanded

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The common white-button mushroom—the sort found on grocery shelves—comes in eighteen mating types, the fairy inkcap mushroom a hundred and forty-three, and the split-gill mushroom an astonishing twenty-three thousand three hundred and twenty-eight. —

Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 This recipe shows the humble white button mushroom’s versatility in a savory sauce thickened with heavy cream and flavored with garlic and shallots and tossed with chicken meatballs. —

Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026 The button mushroom shape is funny, if a little chewy. —

Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Apr. 2026 Substitute the same amount of stemmed shiitake, cremini, and/or button mushrooms in the recipe. —

Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for button mushroom

Word History

First Known Use

1708, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of button mushroom was in 1708

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