Pholiota aurivella

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Pholiota aurivella
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Pholiota
Species:
P. aurivella
Binomial name
Pholiota aurivella
(Batsch) P.Kumm. (1871)
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Agaricus aurivellusBatsch (1786)
  • Agaricus squarrosus var. aurivellus(Batsch) Pers. (1801)
  • Lepiota squarrosa var. aurivella(Batsch) Gray (1821)
  • Dryophila aurivella(Batsch) Quél. (1886)
  • Hypodendrum aurivellum(Batsch) Overh. (1932)


Pholiota aurivella
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Campanulate cap icon.svg Cap is campanulate
Adnate gills icon2.svg Hymenium is adnate
Ring stipe icon.svg Stipe has a ring
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Spore print is brown
Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic
Mycomorphbox Inedible.pngMycomorphbox Inedible.pngEdibility is inedible or edible, but unpalatable

Pholiota aurivella, commonly known as the golden pholiota, [3] is a species of fungus in the family Strophariaceae that is found in native forest of New Zealand, [4] southern Canada, and in the United States. It is frequently found in the American West and Southwest, especially in late summer and fall. Most field guides list it as inedible, [3] [5] [6] with one reporting that it contains toxins which cause gastric upset. [7] According to David Arora, the taste resembles "marshmallows without the sugar." [2] [3] It is sticky or slimy when moist and grows in clusters on live or dead trees. [6] [3]

The cap colour is bright to golden yellow, viscid when young with relatively dark scales. The stem is pale, and scaly closer to the bottom. [2]

Pholiota limonella and its subspecies are very similar, seeming to differ only in the spores. [2]

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References

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  4. "Species: Pholiota aurivella". The Hidden Forest. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  5. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America . Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p.  201. ISBN   978-1-55407-651-2.
  6. 1 2 Bessette, Alan E. (1997). Mushrooms of Northeastern North America. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. ISBN   0815603886.
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