Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Volvariopsis villosovolva (C. G. I,loyd) Murrill
Volvaria viUosovolva C. G. Lloyd, Myc. Notes 31. 1899.
Pileus convex, gregarious, 2 cm. broad; surface dry, silky-fibrillose, somewhat rimose, even, gray; lamellae free, remote; spores globose, 5 /x; stipe purewhite, solid, shghtly tapering upward, 4 cm. long, 4 mm. thick; volva globose, densely covered with long, white, mycelioid hairs, which disappear in the dried specimens.
Type locality: Ohio.
Habitat: Fallen logs and rich earth in damp ravines in woods.
Distribution: Ohio and Virginia.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
