Mushrooms · La Saladita, Guerrero

paddy straw mushroom

Volvariella volvacea

Spanish: Hongo de paja

paddy straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea)
Photographed by sandra-tuszynska on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in Caboolture - Hinterland, Queensland, Australia, not near La Saladita

Volvariella volvacea (also known as paddy straw mushroom or straw mushroom) is a species of edible mushroom cultivated throughout East and Southeast Asia and used extensively in Asian cuisines.

TaxonomyAgaricomycetes › Agaricales › Volvariellaceae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records718 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “paddy straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/volvariella-volvacea/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.