Volvariella gloiocephala

Volvariella gloiocephala (DC.:Fr.) Boekhout & Enderle

common name(s) : Stubble Rosegill, Pink-spored Grisette, Green-capped Grisette

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

synonyms: Volvopluteus gloiocephalus, Volvariella speciosa, Volvaria speciosa, Volvariella speciosa-gloiocephala, Volvaria speciosa-gloiocephala, Volvaria gloiocephala, Volvariella gloiocephala-speciosa

edibility : discard

photo gallery of Volvariella gloiocephala

The cap is white to grey, with a central umbo; its margin is striate. The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky.

The stem is slender, bulbous, with a white sheathing volva, without ring.

The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild, radish-like; the odour is faint, unpleasant of radish or raw potato; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white, then pink brownish, free, crowded . The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in parks, manured gardens, compost heaps, cultivated fields, on a rather rich soil, with poplar.

The fruiting period takes place from April to November.

Dimensions:	width of cap approximately 10 cm (between 4 and 15 cm)
	height of stem approximately 12 cm (between 5 and 22 cm)
	thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 15 mm (between 7 and 40 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : campanulate then flattened, viscid when damp and shiny when dry; white volva; often in well manured, disturbed soils, parks, gardens

Volvariella gloiocephala is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .

here should be the distribution map of Volvariella gloiocephala in the forest of Rambouillet

Above : distribution map of Volvariella gloiocephala in the forest of Rambouillet

page updated on 14/01/18