Silky Rosegill - Volvariella bombycina

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Description

The cap is rounded to conical, white or pale yellowish and covered in fine silky fibrils.  Gills are white, free, becoming brownish pink. The volva is initially white turning brown with age

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph from top down, in side view and underneath to show gills and full length of stipe including basal volva; note habitat and substrate.

Habitat

On standing dead wood, often emerging from knot holes or wounds.

When to see it

June to October.

UK Status

Widespread and locally frequent (Kibby, V2, 2020)

VC55 Status

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.

Further Information

https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/volvariella-bombycina.php

  • OscarWildlife
    Blackbrook Reservoir
    02 September 2025
  • Helen Ainsworth
    Rutland Water Nature Reserve
    26 August 2025
  • David Gould
    Braunstone, Wood Close Plantation
    26 September 2021
    cap surface detail
  • OscarWildlife
    Blackbrook Reservoir
    02 September 2025
  • Helen Ainsworth
    Rutland Water Nature Reserve
    26 August 2025
  • OscarWildlife
    Blackbrook Reservoir
    02 September 2025
  • Christo Nicolle
    Blackbrook Reservoir
    08 August 2024

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species data profile ?

Species profile

Common names
Silky Rosegill
Species group:
fungus
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Pluteaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
7
First record:
26/09/2021 (Gould, David)
Last record:
30/09/2025 (Pochin, Christine)

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  • David Gould
    Braunstone, Wood Close Plantation
    26 September 2021
    free gills
  • David Gould
    Braunstone, Wood Close Plantation
    26 September 2021
    emerging from volva
  • CAPochin
    Rutland Water Nature Reserve
    30 September 2025