Pholiota albocrenulata (Pk.) Sacc. Cap 3-9cm across, conic to convex, becoming flatter with an obtuse umbo; orange-brown to red-brown; glutinous to sticky, dotted with brown scaly patches of veil remnants, which sometimes also hang from the margin. Gills adnate to subdecurrent with a decurrent tooth, close, very broad; whitish becoming grayish then rusty umber; edges uneven, beaded with drops of white liquid. Stem 30-110 x 5-15mm, stuffed becoming hollow; pale and grayish above, dark brown below; firm, fibrous, with rough brown scales up to the ring, covered with a bloom at the top. Veil brownish. Flesh thick; pallid. Odor not distinctive. Taste slight. Spores ellipsoid not equilateral, smooth, pore at the apex, thickened wall, 10-16 x 5.5-7.5µ. Deposit brown. No pleurocystidia; abundant cheilocystidia. Habitat singly or in small groups on stumps, logs, and trunks of hardwood trees, especially maple and elm. Frequent. Found in southern and eastern North America. Season July-October. Not edible.