Species:
Volvopluteus gloiocephalus
- Scientific name:
- Volvopluteus gloiocephalus
- Arabic name:
- فطر بوز العجل
- French name:
- Volvaire gluante, Volvaire visqueuse
- English name:
- Stubble rosegill, Big sheath mushroom, Rose-gilled grisette
- Habitat:
- Roadside grassland and stubble fields; occasionally in fields where brassicas have been harvested.
- Surrounding vegetation:
- Grassland & fields.
- Ecological niche:
- Saprobic; in nutrient-rich damp permanent pasture, growing terrestrially, alone or gregariously in urban settings and disturb
- Chromosome Number:
- -
- Genome size:
- -
- Cap:
- Initially oval becoming convex, broadly bell-shaped, not often flattening completely.
- Gills / pores:
- Free; crowded; white at first, becoming pink.
- - Stem:
- White; tapering towards apex; no ring; persistent fleshy bag-like volva at the base.
- Dimensions:
- Free; crowded; white at first, becoming pink.
- - Color(s):
- Cap is white, often with a greyish-brown centre, becoming cream and eventually ochre.
- Texture, other traits:
- Cap is sticky when moist, silkily smooth when dry.
- Kingdom Fungi
- Phylum Basidiomycota
- Class Agaricomycetes
- Order Agaricales
- Family Pluteaceae
- Genus Volvopluteus
Fruiting period
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