title: Volvariella volvacea PS# WC 439
organism: Volvariella volvacea WC 439
description: Volvariella volvacea, or the “Paddy Straw Mushroom” is a delicious edible fungus commonly found in Asian cooking.  It is widely cultivated on rice “straw” or ther agricultural debris. The genus is closely related to the genus Amanita, but the Straw mushroom can be distinguished from poisonous Amanita species by its pink (not white) spore print.  The sequenced strain is housed at the Penn State Spawn Collection, and was collected in China in 1984.
   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvariella_volvacea
   
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 1984
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: China
attributes.tag: specimen_voucher
attributes.value: PSU<USA-PA>:439
attributes.tag: strain
attributes.value: WC 439
attributes.tag: isolation_source
attributes.value: unknown