Volvariella surrecta    (Knapp) Singer 

common name(s) : Piggyback Rosegill 

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

synonyms: Volvaria surrecta, Volvariella loveiana, Volvariella loveana, Volvaria loveiana, Volvaria loveana, Volvaria loveyana, Volvariella loweiana 

edibility : unknown edibility

photo gallery of Volvariella surrecta
photo gallery of Volvariella surrecta potential confusions with Volvariella surrecta toxicity of Volvariella surrecta genus Volvariella  

The cap is whitish, tinged brown with age; its margin is smooth. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

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

The flesh is unchanging; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white, then pink, free, crowded . The spore print is pink. This species is parasitic. It grows on the ground, in the woods, parasite of the Clouded funnel (Clitocybe nebularis).

The fruiting period takes place from September to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 5 cm (between 1.5 and 7 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 4 and 9 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 8 mm (between 4 and 15 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : parasite of other mushrooms (Clitocybe or Lepista genus); stem often hidden; white sheathing volva

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



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