Volvariella murinella    (Quél.) Courtec. 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Pluteaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Pluteales/Pluteaceae  

synonyms: Volvaria murinella 

edibility : unknown edibility

photo gallery of Volvariella murinella
photo gallery of Volvariella murinella potential confusions with Volvariella murinella toxicity of Volvariella murinella genus Volvariella  

The cap is grey to brown-grey. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is downy, bulbous, with a white to grey sheathing volva, without ring.

The flesh is unchanging; the odour is faint, of pelargonium; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white, then pink, free, crowded . The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic. It grows on dead wood or on the ground, in open woods, clearings, burnt places.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 1 and 6 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 1 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 8 mm (between 1 and 15 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : sheathing, three-lobed, grey to white volva

Volvariella murinella is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Volvariella murinella in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Volvariella murinella in the forest of Rambouillet



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