MycoKey : the genus Volvariella

Generic short diagnoses: Pink-spored, saprobic agarics with prominent universal veil in the form of a volva and free lamellae. Spores smooth and lamellar trama inverse.


Species example:


Volvariella bombycina - DK: silkehåret posesvamp UK: Silky Rosegill - closeup of sectioned primordium
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-01.273

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