Hairy and yellow…
|ID: The Silky Rosegill, Volvariella bombycina
Cap: pale to lemon yellow, up to 12 – 30 cm diameter, covered in fine hair. Broadly convex with flattened area in centre when young. Wavy margins when mature. Young mushrooms have leopard-print coats!
Gills: free, pale pink
Spores: Pink, 6.8 – 8.8 x 5.1 µm
Stem: 10 x 2 cm
Flesh: white
Stem: White
Odour: mealy?
Habitat: dead tree trunk (probably hardwood)
ID: The Silky Rosegill, Volvariella bombycina
Spore size (Piximetre N.B. first attempt so may not be accurate)
6.42 5.43
6.75 4.93
6.84 5.19
6.88 5.33
6.77 5.00
7.01 4.99
6.4 [6.6 ; 6.9] 7.2 x 4.7 [5 ; 5.3] 5.5 µm
Q = 1.2 [1.3 ; 1.4] 1.5 ; N = 6 ; C = 95%
Me = 6.8 x 5.1 µm ; Qe = 1.3