Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Volvariopsis bakeri Murrill, Mycologia 3: 281. 1911
Volvaria Bakeri Murrill, Mycologia 4: 332. 1912.
Pileus fleshy, ovoid to convex, densely gregarious, reaching a breadth of 10 cm.; surface dark-fuliginous, becoming much lighter with age, appressed-fibrillose from the cracking of the cuticle, not striate; context white, with mild taste and no appreciable odor; lamellae free, crowded, not very broad, white, becoming pink; spores broadly ellipsoid, rarely ovoid, smooth, roseous, 6-8 X 4-5 fx; stipe tapering upward, white, glabrous, solid, 8-9 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. thick; volva free, open, dark-fuliginous, 3-4 cm. long, 2-3 cm. broad.
Type locality: Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Habitat: On a dead banana stump. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
