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Volvariella volvacea (Bull.) Singer, in Wasser, Lilloa 22: 401 (1951) [1949] Agaricus volvaceus Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 6: tab. 262 (1786)
Vaginata virgata (Pers.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 601 (1821)
Volvaria volvacea (Bull.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 99 (1871)
Amanita virgata Pers., Tent. disp. meth. Fung.: 18 (1979)
Habitat: On soil amongst woodchips or compost, often in greenhouses but also in gardens and parks, and occasionally in woodland.
Notes: Rarely reported and possibly an alien that has become established in suitable sites. Recent collections only from south-eastern England (Surrey and West Kent).
Distribution: E: !, S: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 40914
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 204
D:, in Orton, P.D., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 4 Pluteaceae: Pluteus & Volvariella 4: 98 pp. (1984), p. 64-65
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 2: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Pleurotaceae, Pluteaceae, and Tricholomataceae 1, (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 2: 137 pp. (1990), p. 63-64
I:, in Sowerby, J., Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms Vol.1 1: 50 pp. [pl. 1-120] (1796), as Agaricus volvaceus, pl. 1
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