Volvariella Speg.
(rosegill toadstools)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Volvariella aethiops a rosegill	Species		2 ident. refs
Volvariella bombycina Silky Rosegill	Species	35 images	1 ident. refs
Volvariella caesiotincta a rosegill	Species	17 images	2 ident. refs
Volvariella gloiocephala Stubble Rosegill	Species	60 images	2 ident. refs
Volvariella hypopithys a rosegill	Species	16 images	1 ident. refs
Volvariella pusilla a rosegill	Species		1 ident. refs
Volvariella reidii non sensu Volvariella parvispora Heinmann, 1975 Angel Rosegill	Species	11 images	2 ident. refs
Volvariella surrecta Piggyback Rosegill	Species	49 images	8 ident. refs
Volvariella taylorii a rosegill	Species		1 ident. refs
Volvariella volvacea a rosegill	Species		1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Volvariella (rosegill toadstools)
Family	PLUTEACEAE (a family of toadstools)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Volvariella is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Orton, P.D.	1974	The European Species of Volvariella Spegazzini	Bull. mens. Soc. linn. Lyon Travaux mycologiques dédiés a R. Kühner.
	Orton, P.D.	1960	* New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti - Part III: Notes on genera and species in the list *(Superseded)	TBMS Vol 43 (2): 159-439.

Volvariella (rosegill toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PLUTEACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Volvariella (rosegill toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 74 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Volvariella (rosegill toadstools)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Volvariella is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)