champignon

Japanese: champignon
champignon

However, nowadays many people associate fungi with bacteria, but this is incorrect. Mushrooms are called mushrooms in English, champignon in French, and Pilz in German.
[Edible and poisonous mushrooms]
It can be said that the relationship between humans and mushrooms began with their use as food.

From [Mushroom]

…It is an English word meaning mushroom, but in Japan it refers to the white cultivated tsukuritake mushroom Agaricus bisporus (J.Lange) Pilát (illustration) used in Western cuisine. Similarly, the French word champignon also means mushroom in a broad sense, but in Japan, only tsukuritake mushrooms are called champignon. Tsukuritake mushrooms are basidiomycete mushrooms of the Agaricaceae family, with caps 5-10 cm long, initially spherical, then opening to become flat. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "champignon" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ところが今では菌といえば細菌を連想する人が多くなったが,これは誤りである。キノコは英語ではマッシュルームmushroom,フランス語ではシャンピニョンchampignon,ドイツ語ではピルツPilzという。
[食用キノコと毒キノコ]
 人類とキノコとのつながりは,食用から始まったといえよう。…

【マッシュルーム】より

…キノコを意味する英語だが,日本では西洋料理に使われる白い栽培のツクリタケAgaricus bisporus (J.Lange) Pilát(イラスト)をさす。同様にフランス語のシャンピニョンchampignonも広くキノコを意味するのであるが,日本ではツクリタケのみをシャンピニョンと呼んでいる。ツクリタケは担子菌類ハラタケ科のキノコで,傘は5~10cm,最初球形,のち開いて平らとなる。…

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