 Phylum：Basidiomycota >> Class： Basidiomycetes >> Order： Agaricales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Volvariella volvaceai | |||
| Author： |
Basionym: Agaricus volvaceus Bull., Herbier de la France: pl. 262. 1786. Volvariella volvaceai (Bull.:Fr.) Sing. , in Wasser, Lilloa 22: 401. 1951. |
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| Description： |
Pileus 5-12 cm, campanulate then flat, gray to grayish brown, glabrous, margin entire. Gills free, crowded of several lengths, pale red, entire. Stipe central, 4-10 × 0.8-1.5 cm, solid, white, glabrous. Volva membranous, white grayish black. Spore print pale red, spores elliptical, pale red, smooth, I-, 6-9 × 4-5.5 μm. Cystidia clavate. Hyphae without clamps. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Hualien: Hualien, on wood debris, 10 Apr. 1993, CWNTF 0093. |
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| Habitat： |
Scattered or gregarious on sawdust in lowland. | |||
| Distribution： |
Cosmopolitan. |
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| References： |
Imazeki, R. and Hongo, T. 1987; Chang, T. T. et al. 2001. |
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| Provided： |
W. N. Chou |
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| Note： |
It is cultivated and called straw mushroom. | |||