Volvariella bombycina    (Schaeff.) Singer 

common name(s) : Silky Rosegill, Silky Agaric 

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

synonyms: Volvaria bombycina 

edibility : edible, good

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

The cap is white to yellowish; its margin is smooth. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is curved, fluffy, bulbous, with a brownish sheathing volva, without ring.

The flesh is unchanging; its taste is nutty; the odour is weak, of radish; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white, then pink, free, crowded . The spore print is pink. This species is parasitic or saprophytic. It grows on wood (dead or not), in broad-leaved (sometimes coniferous) woods, mostly on elm, poplar, birch, lime, beech, chestnut, maple.

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 14 cm (between 5 and 20 cm)
  height of stem approximately 13 cm (between 6 and 20 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 20 mm (between 7 and 40 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : bell-shaped, white cap, covered with silky fibres; stem without ring but with sheathing brownish membranous volva; on beech trees

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



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