Volvariella volvacea    (Bull.:Fr.) Singer 



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

synonyms: Volvaria volvacea 

edibility : edible

potential confusions with Volvariella volvacea toxicity of Volvariella volvacea genus Volvariella  

The cap is dark brown to grey black; its margin is smooth. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is with a grey-brown sheathing volva, without ring.

The flesh is white, 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 deciduous (sometimes coniferous) forests, amongst debris, compost, or in greenhouses.

The fruiting period takes place from July to September.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 6 cm (between 3 and 10 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 0 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 20 mm (between 0 and 40 mm)

Distinctive features : cultivated mushroom, rare in the wild in Europe; tropical origin; grey-brown volva at stem base

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



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