SC - History of Food

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In a message dated 8/17/00 9:24:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, troy at asan.com 
writes:

<< your basic white
 gilled agarica champignon (known in the USA as a "mushroom"), >>

The white mushrooms normally associated with the word in the USA are a sport 
found growing in commercial mushroom beds in the 1920s. This mushroom was a 
light tan color before then. Celebs, portebellas, morels, puffballs and 
truffles as well as the tan version of the common white mushroom would all 
have been known, SFAIK.

Ras
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