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Volvopluteus gloiocephalus
Volvopluteus gloiocephalus
-37.9461, 145.026
Field Notes
Description:
A very handsome, large mushroom - 180mm tall; 120mm wide; cap conical domed smooth, lightly fibrulose, pale bronze; gills simple, crowded, detached, pale pink; stipe straight, fibrose, white, with remains of volva.
Habitat:
Inner suburban growing from introduced woodchip mulch in a sports park.
Notes:
Volvopluteus as of 2011. Other genus names include the use of Agaricua, Amanita, Pluteus, Volvaria, Volvariopsis, Volvariella. This one has obviously given taxo people a hard time over the years! See a list of synonyms here http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Volvariella+gloiocephala#tab_names
Found on all continents except Antarctica.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2013
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