Volvariella bombycina

Volvariella bombycina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pluteaceae
Genus: Volvariella
Species:
V. bombycina
Binomial name
Volvariella bombycina
(Schaeff.) Singer (1951)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agaricus bombycinus Schaeff. (1774)
  • Agaricus denudatus Batsch (1783)
  • Amanita calyptrata Lam. (1783)
  • Pluteus bombycinus (Schaeff.) Fr. (1836)
  • Volvaria bombycina (Schaeff.) P.Kumm. (1871)
  • Volvariopsis bombycina (Schaeff.) Murrill (1911)
Volvariella bombycina
View the Mycomorphbox template that generates the following list
Gills on hymenium
Cap is conical or umbonate
Hymenium is free
Stipe has a volva
Spore print is pink to salmon
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is edible

Volvariella bombycina, commonly known as the silky volvariella,[2] silky sheath, silky rosegill, silver-silk straw mushroom, or tree mushroom, is a species of edible mushroom in the family Pluteaceae. It is an uncommon but widespread species, having been reported from Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe, and North America. The fruit body (mushroom) begins developing in a thin, egg-like sac. This ruptures and the stem expands quickly, leaving the sac at the base of the stem as a volva. The cap, which can attain a diameter of up to 20 centimetres (8 inches), is white to slightly yellowish and covered with silky hairs. On the underside of the cap are closely spaced gills, free from attachment to the stem, and initially white before turning pink as the spores mature. The mushroom grows singly or in clusters, often appearing in old knotholes and wounds in elms and maples. V. bombycina contains compounds with antibacterial properties.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference urlMycoBank: Volvariella bombycina was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia

Developed by Tubidy