Volvariella surrecta

Volvariella surrecta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pluteaceae
Genus: Volvariella
Species:
V. surrecta
Binomial name
Volvariella surrecta
(Knapp) Singer (1951)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Agaricus surrectus Knapp (1829)
  • Agaricus loveianus Berk. (1836)
  • Volvariopsis loweiana (Berk.) Murrill (1917)
  • Volvaria hypopithys subsp. loveiana (Berk.) Konrad & Maubl. (1924)
  • Volvaria surrecta (Knapp) Ramsb. (1942)
Volvariella surrecta
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is free
Stipe has a volva
Spore print is pinkish-brown
Ecology is parasitic
Edibility is inedible

Volvariella surrecta, commonly known as the piggyback rosegill, is an agaric fungus in the family Pluteaceae. V. surrecta mushrooms have white or greyish silky-hairy caps up to 8 cm (3.1 in) in diameter, and white gills that turns pink in maturity. The stipe, also white, is up to 9 cm (3.5 in) long, and has a sack-like volva at its base.

Although rare, the species is widely distributed, having been reported from Eurasia, northern Africa, North America, and New Zealand. The fungus grows as a parasite on the fruit bodies of other gilled mushrooms, usually Clitocybe nebularis.

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