Mushroom Observer: Observation: Volvariella sp. (12245)

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Observation: Volvariella sp. (12245)

About Volvariella

When: 2008-10-09
Collection location: Japan [Click for map]
Who: forestwander
No herbarium specimen

Notes: This was found on the compost heap. There were alot of them. The gill color was pinkish brown, leading me to believe they were all family.

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Proposed Name		User		Community Vote
*Volvariella sp.*		irenea		81% (1)
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Created: 2008-10-10 14:53:16 WET (+0000) By: debbie viess (amanitarita) Summary: similar to an amanita in having a universal veil that leaves a saccate volva at the base…. …but different, as you noticed, in having pinkish spores and gills, and no partial veil covering the gills.

Created: 2008-10-09 10:26:42 WET (+0000)
Last modified: 2008-10-09 10:26:42 WET (+0000)
Viewed: 13 times, last viewed: 2011-12-15 10:25:47 WET (+0000)

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