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
This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010