Volvopluteus
| Volvopluteus | |
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| Volvopluteus gloiocephalus | |
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Pluteaceae |
| Genus: |
Volvopluteus Vizzini, Contu & Justo, (2011) |
| Type species | |
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Volvopluteus gloiocephalus (DC.) Vizzini, Contu & Justo (2011) |
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| Species | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
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gills on hymenium |
 
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cap is ovate or flat |
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hymenium is free |
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stipe has a volva |
 
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spore print is pink to pinkish-brown |
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ecology is saprotrophic |
 
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edibility: edible, but unpalatable or unknown |
V. asiaticus
V. earlei
V. gloiocephalus
V. michiganensis
cap is ovate
spore print is pink
edibility: edible, but unpalatable
Volvopluteus is a genus of small to medium-sized or big saprotrophic mushrooms growing worldwide. The genus has been segregated from Volvariella with which it shares some morphological characteristics such as the presence of a volva and a pink to pink-brown spore print.Phylogenetic analyses of DNA data have shown that Volvopluteus is closely related to Pluteus and both genera currently are classified in the family Pluteaceae, while Volvariella is not closely related to either genus and its position in the Agaricales is still uncertain.
Volvopluteus literally means "Pluteus with a volva", making reference at the same time to the close relationship between both genera and to the presence of a volva, one of the morphological characteristics that separates them.
Volvopluteus fruit bodies vary from relatively small (cap 25 mm (1.0 in) in diameter) to large (cap 150 mm (5.9 in) in diameter), are pluteoid (i.e. with free lamellae and discontinuous context of cap and stipe) and have a membranous white volva at the base of the stipe. The cap is ovate when young and then expands to convex or flat, it is always viscid to gelatinous when fresh and has white, grey or grey-brown color. The gills are free from the stipe and they start out as white but they soon change to pink and then pinkish-brown as the spores are being produced. The stipe is centrally attached to the cap, more or less cylindrical, white and with a smooth or slightly surface and it has white membranous volva at the base. The odor and taste are often reported as raphanoid (radish-like) or similar to that of raw potatoes in V. gloiocephalus. The spore print is pink or pinkish-brown.
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