Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Pluteaceae
Species: Volvariella bombycina (Schaeff.) Singer
Synonyms: Agaricus bombycina
Agaricus bombycinus
Volvaria bombycina
Common Name: Silky Rosegill


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Volvariella bombycinaPhotographer: © Chris Stretch
Photographer: © Chris Stretch

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Neutral grassland: unimproved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Tree (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
March (1)
October (2)