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Deep into the mushroom........

SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION

Information of Volvariella volvacea

Kingdom : Fungi

Division : Basidiomycota

Class : Agirocomycetes

Order : Agaricales

Family : Pluteaceae

Genus : Volvariella

Species : Volvariella volvacea

•A species of edible mushroom cultivated throughout East and Southeast Asia and used extensively in Asian cuisines.

•Cup:

- egg-shaped when young, expanding to convex or broadly conic

- gray to brownish gray or grayish brown or nearly black when young,

•Gills: Free from the stem; white becoming pink; close or nearly crowded.

•Stem : tapering gradually to apex, with a swollen base

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