Li, Tai-Hui, Xiang-Lian Chen, Ya-Heng Shen & Ting Li. A white species of Volvariella (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) from southern China. Mycotaxon 109: 255-262. 2009.

ABSTRACT:  A new white agaric, Volvariella nivea, discovered in Guangzhou of China is formally introduced. Similar species are compared, and morphological characters and the rDNA ITS sequence of the new species differ from all other taxa placed in Volvariella. The holotype is deposited in the Herbarium of Microbiology Institute of Guangdong (GDGM).

KEYWORDS:  Pluteaceae, taxonomy