Volvariella speciosa (Fr.: Fr.) Sing.

Blaszki białe z wiekiem łososioworóżowe; dość szerokie i gęste, wolne.

Trzon biały, białawy; 50-180 x 10-25 mm, równogruby, długi i smukły, głęboko tkwiący w glebie wraz ze skórzastą pochwą; pochwa biaława, jasnoszara; trzon bez pierścienia, suchy, gładki.

Miąższ biały, miękki; łagodny w smaku; zapach i smak przypominają rzodkiew.

Pileus whitish, ivory-coloured with a gray, gray-brown centre; 50-150 mm in diameter, young oval, later expanding and umbonate; surface when moist strongly mucous, glabrous.

Lamellae white, in age salmon-pink; quite broad and close, free.

Stipe white, whitish; 50-180 x 10-25 mm, equal, long and slender, deeply rooted in the soil together with membranous volva; whitish, light gray volva; stipe without ring, dry, smooth.

Flesh white, soft; taste mild; smell and taste remind of radish.

Spore print salmon-pink. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, 12-20 x 7-12 µm.

Summer-fall, gregarious, in cultivated soil, in parks, gardens, on rich soils.

Edible, cultivated on rice straw in Far Asia countries.

Simillar Volvariella media is smaller (cap 30-50 mm broad), its pileus and volva are white. Grows in decidious forests.