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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Pluteaceae: Volvopluteus gloiocephalus (DC.) Vizzini, Contu & Justo, 2011

Volvopluteus gloiocephalus – Big sheath mushroom

Synonyms: Agaricus gloiocephalus, Agaricus pubescens, Agaricus speciosus, Amanita incarnata, Amanita speciosa, Pluteus speciosus, Pseudofarinaceus gloiocephalus, Volvaria gloiocephala, Volvaria speciosa, Volvariella gloiocephala, Volvariella speciosa, Volvariopsis gloiocephala, Volvariopsis speciosa.

Common name: big sheath mushroom.

Russian names: Volvariella krasivaya, Volvopliutey slizistogolovyy.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Volvopluteus gloiocephalus, commonly known as the big sheath mushroom, rose-gilled grisette, or stubble rosegill, is a species of mushroom in the family Pluteaceae. For most of the 20th century it has been known under the names Volvariella gloiocephala or Volvariella speciosa, but recent molecular studies have placed it as the type species of the genus Volvopluteus, newly created in 2011. The cap of this mushroom is about 5–15 cm (2–6 in) in diameter, varies from white to grey or grey-brown, and is markedly sticky when fresh. The gills start out as white but they soon turn pink. The stipe is white and has a sack-like volva at the base. Microscopical features and DNA sequence data are of great importance for separating V. gloiocephalus from related species. V. gloiocephalus is a saprotrophic fungus that grows on grassy fields and accumulations of organic matter like compost or woodchips piles. It has been reported from all continents except Antarctica.

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

Big sheath mushroom (<B>Volvopluteus gloiocephalus</B>, Volvariella speciosa) on a tree utilization site in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-06-25.htm">June 25, 2017</A>
LinkBig sheath mushroom (Volvopluteus gloiocephalus, Volvariella speciosa) on a tree utilization site in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 25, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Dissected big sheath mushroom (<B>Volvopluteus gloiocephalus</B>, Volvariella speciosa) on a tree utilization site in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-06-25.htm">June 25, 2017</A>
LinkDissected big sheath mushroom (Volvopluteus gloiocephalus, Volvariella speciosa) on a tree utilization site in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 25, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Big sheath mushroom (<B>Volvopluteus gloiocephalus</B>) on Proletarsky Prospect in Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-09-18.htm">September 18, 2017</A>
LinkBig sheath mushroom (Volvopluteus gloiocephalus) on Proletarsky Prospect in Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 18, 2017
Location on mapsProletarskiy Prospekt, 1, Pesochny, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758

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Acknowledgements

Russian web-forums Planeta Gribov, V Kontakte, and Griby Sredney Polosy for learning names of local mushrooms.

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