Asian Volvaire
The Asian volvaire ( Volvariella volvacea ; syn. Volvaria volvacea , Agaricus volvaceus , Amanita virgata , Vaginata virgata ) is an edible species of Champignon cultivated in East Asia and south-eastern, and particularly appreciated in the Chinese Cuisine and generally Asian. It is called cǎogū (草菇, reads. " mushroom of paille") in Chinese and nấm rơm in Vietnamese.
It is often found fraiche in Asia, but out of preserves or dried out of the countries farmers.
This species resembles the Death cap dangerously but can be distinguished from the latter by the trace of the Spore S, pinks at V. volvacea , white at A. phalloid . The hat is gray-brown with noirâtre olivaceous, moreover the volva of the volvaire is brown, as the hat whereas that of the death cap is white. The odor of the volvaire is raphanoïde (turnip odor). The volvaire as all the volvaires does not have a ring.
See too
Myciculture
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