Button Mushroom

Scientific Binomial Name: Agaricus bisporus

Selection Information

Other Names: common mushroom, button mushroom, white mushroom, table mushroom, champignon mushroom, crimini mushroom, Swiss brown mushroom, Roman brown mushroom, Italian brown, Italian mushroom, cultivated mushroom.

Mature product is called Portobello mushroom

Usage: Eating fresh, cooking, in salads and stir-frys.

Selection: Good-quality button mushrooms are dry, have smooth, firm caps and are completely closed at the gills (the area where the stem joins the mushroom). While bright white mushrooms may look better in your recipe, they do not mean the mushrooms taste better than those that are darker-colored.

Storage: To store Button mushrooms, keep them unwashed, dry, cool and dark. Store them in a brown paper bag, or in a Tupperware type container in the refrigerator. Do not store them in plastic bags!

Avoid: Avoid button mushrooms that are wet, brown (other varieties should be brown), bruised, or open at the gills.

Seasonal Information

Button Mushrooms are available year-round.

Button Mushroom Nutritional Information

Serving Size: 5 medium Button Mushrooms (84g)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 20	Calories from Fat 0
	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1g	1%
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 0mg	1%
Total Carbohydrate 3g	1%
Dietary Fiber 0g	0%
Sugars 0g
Protein 2g
Vitamin A 0%	Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 2%	Iron 2%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. Source: PMA's Labeling Facts

Mushroom Tips & Trivia

To store mushrooms, keep them unwashed, dry, cool and dark. Store them in a brown paper bag, or in a Tupperware type container in the refrigerator.
Three thousand years ago, mushrooms were a delicacy of the Pharaohs in Egypt, who considered them too delicate for common people to eat. They were favored in ancient Rome as a "food of the gods."
Cultivated in France around 1700, mushrooms were first introduced into this country as a cultivated plant about 1890.