Volvariella surrecta
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Volvariella surrecta, commonly known as the piggyback rosegill, is an agaric fungus in the family Pluteaceae. V. surrecta mushrooms have white or greyish silky-hairy caps up to 8 cm in diameter, and w
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The cap has a silky surface and a darker center.
1829 illustration by J. L. Knapp
Clitocybe nebularis is a common host for V. surrecta.
Clitocybe nebularis
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Clitocybe nebularis or Lepista nebularis, commonly known as the clouded agaric, cloudy clitocybe, or cloud funnel, is an abundant gilled fungus which appears both in conifer-dominated forests and broa
Volvariella surrecta
…from Eurasia, northern Africa, North America, and New Zealand. The fungus grows as a parasite on the fruit bodies of other gilled mushrooms, usually Clitocybe nebularis. The species was first mentioned in scientific literature as Agaricus surrectus by English botanist John Leonard Knapp in his 1829 Journal of a Naturalist…
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The pileus or cap
Detail of the gills
The gills and cut stipe (stalk)