Volvariella hypopithys    (Fr.) Moser 



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

synonyms: Volvariella pubescentipes, Volvaria plumulosa, Volvariella plumulosa 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Volvaria pubescentipes, Volvariella hypopitys, Volvariella hypopytis)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Volvariella hypopithys toxicity of Volvariella hypopithys genus Volvariella  

The cap is white to pale cream, bell-shaped then convex to expanded, silky to fluffy; its margin is toothed, exceeding. The cap surface is not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is white, covered with thin and erect hair, bulbous, with a white to yellow sheathing volva, separated in two to four lobes, without ring.

The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is faint; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are free . The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in the woods (more frequently broad-leaved) or parks, on rich clayey soils, on a rather calcareous soil.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 4 cm (between 2 and 7 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 3 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 5 mm (between 2 and 10 mm)

Distinctive features : silky to fluffy white cap; sheathing 2- or 4-lobed white volva, yellowing with age; faint odour of grass; stem without ring, covered with thin erected hair; in coniferous woods

Volvariella hypopithys is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Volvariella hypopithys in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Volvariella hypopithys in the forest of Rambouillet



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