Volvariella pusilla
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| Volvariella pusilla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Pluteaceae |
| Genus: | Volvariella |
| Species: | V. pusilla |
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| Volvariella pusilla (Pers.) Singer | |
Volvariella pusilla, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Pluteaceae, described by Rolf Singer in 1951.
Cap: 1 to 3 cm in diameter, bell-shaped at first, then expands. The skin is silky-stringy when young, slightly sticky, white, the flesh is cream-colored, the edge is more stringy and sometimes cracked.
Lamellae: Free, white when young and pink colored when the spores mature. Lamellae come close to the stipe, but do not touch it.
Stipe: White and thin.[1]