Volvopluteus

Volvopluteus
Volvopluteus gloiocephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pluteaceae
Genus: Volvopluteus
Vizzini, Contu & Justo, (2011)
Type species
Volvopluteus gloiocephalus
(DC.) Vizzini, Contu & Justo (2011)
Species

V. asiaticus
V. earlei
V. gloiocephalus
V. michiganensis

Volvopluteus
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is ovate or flat
Hymenium is free
Stipe has a volva
Spore print is pink to pinkish-brown
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is edible, but unpalatable or unknown

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.[1] 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[2] and its position in the Agaricales is still uncertain.[1]

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