Brown mushrooms for commercial production

A hybrid mushroom culture of Agaricus bisporus, wherein the hybrid mushroom culture is a cross of a first culture of Agaricus bisporus with a second culture of Agaricus bisporus, wherein said first culture of Agaricus bisporus is a wild strain designated AA-0096, a representative culture of said wild strain AA-0096 available from ATCC under Accession No. PTA-6903, wherein said second culture of Agaricus bisporus is a culture of an Agaricus bisporus bridging cross strain, and wherein the bridging cross strain is a cross of a commercial white Agaricus bisporus strain and a commercial brown Agaricus bisporus strain not derived from wild strain AA-0096, wherein said culture produces a mushroom having at least one physical characteristic selected from the group consisting of a darker cap color, a thicker cap, and a higher productivity as compared to the corresponding physical characteristics of comparison strain Amycel 2400.

An Agaricus bisporus BR06 mushroom strain or a homokaryon derived thereof, wherein a representative culture of said BR06 is available from ATCC under Accession No. PTA-6876.