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Volvariella gloiocephala (DC.) Boekhout & Enderle, Beitr. Kenntn. Pilze Mitteleurop. 2: 78 (1986) Agaricus gloiocephalus DC., Fl. Fr. Edn 3 (Paris) 5: 52 (1815)
Amanita speciosa Fr., Observ. mycol. (Leipzig) 2: 1 (1818)
Agaricus speciosus (Fr.) Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 278 (1821)
Volvaria speciosa (Fr.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 99 (1871)
Volvaria gloiocephala (DC.) Gillet, Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 388 (1876)
Volvariella speciosa var. gloiocephala (DC.) Singer, Lilloa 22: 401 (1951) [1949]
Volvariella speciosa (Fr.) Singer, Lilloa 22: 401 (1951) [1949]
Habitat: On soil and composted areas, amongst woodchips in flowerbeds, in fields amongst stubble, roadside verges, woodland areas, dunes and grassland.
Notes: Common and widespread. Increasingly frequent in recent years, due to the extensive use of woodchip mulch on flowerbeds.
Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: !, NI: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 31349; Scotland: K(M) 14927; Wales: K(M) 94241; NI: K(M) 83252
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 2nd part: Entolomataceae, Pluteaceae, Amanitaceae, Agaricaceae, Coprinaceae, Bolbitiaceae 4: 368 pp. (1995), p. 136, pl. 130
D+I: Profiles of Fungi - 96 Volvariella gloiocephala, in Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., Mycologist 12(3): 97-144 (1998), p. 133
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