button mushroom
Common pizza topping
A button mushroom is the common white cultivated mushroom harvested young, before the cap opens.
Most mushrooms sold in supermarkets are button mushrooms.
Left to mature, they become cremini and eventually portobello mushrooms—all the same species at different stages: I sautéed some button mushrooms in butter.
Brown cultivated mushroom
- portobelloFull-grown cremini mushroom
- champignonEdible cultivated fungus
Cooked quickly in fat
- risottoCreamy Italian grain dish
- pizzaTopped flatbread dish
- omeletteFolded cooked eggs
- stir-fryQuick-cook in hot oil
cream sauce · stuffed · grilled · soup · salad · sliced · diced · chopped
Covering for top
- stemPlant's central axis
- gillsAquatic respiratory organs
- veilFabric that obscures
- sporesAsexual reproductive bodies
flesh · pileus · stipe · lamellae · white flesh · rounded · firm · immature
Moderate in intensity
- subtleNot immediately obvious
- earthyCoarse and unpretentious
- savoryAppetizing, not sweet
- umamiFifth taste sensation
delicate · neutral · meaty · brothy · light · versatile · absorbent · buttery
Aquatic eggs or generate
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- casingEnclosing cover or frame
- harvestGathering mature crops
flush · picking · humidity · sterile · pasteurized · yield · commercial · greenhouse
cremini
Brown cultivated mushroom
- portobelloFull-grown cremini mushroom
- champignonEdible cultivated fungus
sautéed
Cooked quickly in fat
stir-fry · cream sauce · stuffed · grilled · soup · salad · sliced · diced · chopped · minced
cap
Covering for top
spores · flesh · pileus · stipe · lamellae · white flesh · rounded · firm · immature · young
mild
Moderate in intensity
umami · delicate · neutral · meaty · brothy · light · versatile · absorbent · buttery · nutty
spawn
Aquatic eggs or generate
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- casingEnclosing cover or frame
harvest · flush · picking · humidity · sterile · pasteurized · yield · commercial · greenhouse · organic
- gilled mushroomsamanita, fly agaric, death cap, portobello, shiitake
- Agaricus Mushroomscremini, portobello, the prince
- fungitoadstool, toadstools, yeast, mold, molds
- mushroomsshiitake, portobello, cremini, morels, chanterelles
- mushroom farmingspawn, mycelium, substrate, fruiting, inoculation
- buttonsfast forward, push to talk, remote control, volume control, buzzer
button mushroomtruffle
Prized subterranean edible
white truffle · black truffle · morel · matsutake · chanterelle
room, button, mushroom, mush, buttons, mushrooms, unbuttoned, buttoning, mushed