VOUCHER INFORMATION
Name: Volvariella bombycina
Authority: (Schaeff.) Singer 1951
Vouchered by: Brad Bomanz
Date found: 8/31/2005
Synonyms:
Collected by: Brad Bomanz
Voucher ID: 42
Confirming Mycologist: Dr. Andrew Methven
LOCATION
Latitude: 038.654 N
Longitude: 090.065 W
City: Collinsville
County: St. Clair
State: Illinois
Site location: Monks Mounds
ENVIRONMENT
Habitat: bottomland - swamp
Moisture conditions: very moist
Substrate: wood - dead
IDENTIFYING DOCUMENT
Reference document: The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms - 1981
Author:Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN No: 0-394-51992-2
Page no:677
SPORE DESCRIPTION
Spore length: 7.5 - 8 microns
Spore width: 4.5 - 5.5 microns
Spore color: brown or honey
Spore texture: smooth
Spore shape: elliptical
Spore print color: salmon pink
Chemical reaction: n/d
This specimen did not come out of a wound in a tree as most of the field guide indicate but rather just fruiting on a downed log that was old. Close examination by Dr. Methven (see annotation above) combined with the 2015 DNA analysis confirmed that this specimen is Volvariella bombycina.