Volvariella leucocalix
| Volvariella leucocalix | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Pluteaceae |
| Genus: | Volvariella |
| Species: | V. leucocalix |
| Binomial name | |
| Volvariella leucocalix Sá and Wartchow (2016) | |
Volvariella leucocalix | |
|---|---|
 | 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.[1]
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 ellipsoid to elongate and pinkish/salmon in color.
References
- ^ 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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