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Volvopluteus gloiocephalus
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.
Inner suburban growing from introduced woodchip mulch in a sports park.
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/Volvariell... Found on all continents except Antarctica.
Spotted on Jun 20, 2013
Submitted on Jul 1, 2013
4 Comments
nice series
Thanks Noel - yes Jemma - if you want inches it was at least six and still young :-)
almost 4 to 6 inches tall?
Very nice series, Mark!