Family: Pluteaceae

Fungi:> Basidiomycota:> Agaricomycetes:> Agaricales:> Pluteaceae:> Pluteus, Volvariella.

Members of the pluteus genus are distinguish by having no Volva or ring and normal grow on damp spongy wood. The strip commonly has a grey-blue tint and a bulbous base. The gills are fine and crowded with pink spores. Under a microscope the cystidia can be easily seen.

Genus: Pluteus

Pluteus microspermus

Pluteus minor

Pluteus velutinornatus

Pluteus similis

Genus: Undescribed

Pluteus species.

Genus: Volvariella

Volvopluteus gloiocephalus

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