Volvariella pusilla    (Pers.:Fr.) Singer 



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

synonyms: Volvaria parvula, Volvariella parvula 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Volvaria pusilla)  

edibility : discard

potential confusions with Volvariella pusilla toxicity of Volvariella pusilla genus Volvariella  

The cap is whitish, stained with yellow at the centre. The cap surface is smooth.

The stem is silky, swollen towards base, with a white to grey-brown sheathing volva, without ring.

The flesh is unchanging; the odour is faint, of pelargonium or not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white, then pink, free, crowded . The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in parks, gardens.

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 1 and 3 cm)
  height of stem approximately 3.5 cm (between 2.5 and 5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 2 and 5 mm)

Distinctive features : bell-shaped then almost flat cap; white to grey-brown sheathing volva at stem base; viscid cap when young

Volvariella pusilla is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



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