Volvariella pusilla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Pluteaceae |
Genus: | Volvariella |
Species: | V. pusilla
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Binomial name | |
Volvariella pusilla (Pers.) Singer
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Volvariella pusilla, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Pluteaceae, described by Rolf Singer in 1951.
Cap: 1 to 3 cm in diameter, bell-shaped at first, then expands. The skin is silky-stringy when young, slightly sticky, white, the flesh is cream-colored, the edge is more stringy and sometimes cracked.
Lamellae: Free, white when young and pink colored when the spores mature. Lamellae come close to the stipe, but do not touch it.
Stipe: White and thin.[1]
It was noted in Asia and Europe, North America, Africa and Australia, with the most sightings in Europe.[2] It grows in forests, parks, botanical gardens, allotment gardens, by the roads, sometimes close to houses, on the ground, in grass.[3]