| Latin name | Agaricus campestris L. ex Fries |
| Family | Agaricaceae |
| Identified with (Lat) | Psalliota campestris (L.) Fr. |
| Identified with (Skt) | chatraka, bhūchatrā |
| Identified with (Hin) | kumbī, kumī, sampakichatrī |
| Identified with (Tam) | nāykkuṭai |
| Identified with (Mal) | kūṇ |
| Identified with (Eng) | Mushroom, Common mushroom |
| Botanical info | A fungus growing throughout India, on dead organic matter, mature has underground rhizomorphs, a cylindral aerial stipe bearing an annulus, umbrella-shaped fleshy pileus
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| Search occurrence | chatraka, bhūchatrā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts |
| See plant's image | Agaricus campestris L. ex Fries in Google image search |
Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. S-333)
nāykkuṭai: Mushroom
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