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Volvariella leucocalix

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Species of fungus

Volvariella leucocalix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pluteaceae
Genus: Volvariella
Species: V. leucocalix
Binomial name
Volvariella leucocalix
Sá and Wartchow (2016)
Species of fungus
Volvariella leucocalixView the Mycomorphbox template that generates the following listMycological characteristics
Gills on hymenium
Cap is umbonate
Hymenium is free
Stipe has a volva
Spore print is salmon
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is unknown

Volvariella leucocalix is a species of fungus in the family Pluteaceae. Its name is attributed to the white volva pertaining to the species. More specifically, the name comes from the Greek words, ‘leuco’, meaning a whitish color, and ‘calix’, meaning cup. First described by Sa MCA and Felipe Wartchow in 2016 as a species of Volvariella.

Description

The sporocarp is small and has a fuliginous brown umbonate cap with a diameter of 26 mm. The stem is white and becomes narrower the further up it is and is hollow at its apex. Based on a sample of 30 basidiospores, it was found that their length ranged from 5–5.6 × 2.6–3.6 μm, with an average length 5.2 μm for a single basidiome, the spores are also are ellipsoid to elongate and pinkish/salmon in color.

References

  1. Sá, Mca (2016). "Volvariella leucocalix (Pluteaceae), a new species from Brazilian semiarid region" (PDF). Mycosphere. 7 (1): 30–35. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/1/3.

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Taxon identifiers
Volvariella leucocalix


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