Volvariella bombycina (Schaeff.) Singer |
The cap is white to yellowish; its margin is smooth. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is curved, fluffy, bulbous, with a brownish sheathing volva, without ring. The flesh is unchanging; its taste is nutty; the odour is weak, of radish; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white, then pink, free, crowded . The spore print is pink. This species is parasitic or saprophytic. It grows on wood (dead or not), in broad-leaved (sometimes coniferous) woods, mostly on elm, poplar, birch, lime, beech, chestnut, maple. The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : bell-shaped, white cap, covered with silky fibres; stem without ring but with sheathing brownish membranous volva; on beech trees Volvariella bombycina is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking . | ||
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