Species

Volvariella surrecta

Common Name(s)

None

Qualifiers

2009 - OL

Authority

(Knapp) Singer

Family

Plutaceae, Basidiomycetes

Flora Category

Fungi - Native

Synonyms

Agaricus surrectus Knapp, Volvaria surrecta (Knapp) Ramsb.

Distribution

Bay of Plenty, Canada, USA, UK

Features

The cap is 2.5–8 cm diameter, convex, expanding, centre depressed, silky-fibrillose. It is greyish white, sometimes yellowish or brownish over the disc in age. The gills are loose, irregular, white, changing to buff and then pink. The stalk is white to greyish white, solid, tapering upwards, up to 8 cm long, with a saccate volva. The spores are 5–7.5 x 3–5 µm, and smooth.

Fruiting

April

Substrate

On rotting basidiomes in broadleaved forest.

Where Held

PDD

Extant Collections

1


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This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010