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| synonyms: Pholiote squarreuse, Shaggy Scalycap, Sparriger Schüppling |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Yellow |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Distinctly scaly |
| stem type: Ring on stem |
| flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy) |
| spore colour: Rusty brown |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood |
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Pholiota squarrosa (Müller ex Fr.) Kummer syn. Dryophila squarrosa (Müller ex Fr.) Quél. Sparriger Schüppling Pholiote squarreuse Shaggy Scalycap. Cap 3–10(15)cm across, convex becoming flattened, the margin remaining inrolled, pale straw-yellow densely covered in coarse red-brown, upturned scales, not viscid. Stem 50–120 x 10–15mm, smooth and pale yellow above torn membranous ring, covered in red-brown recurved scales below and darkening at the base. Flesh tough, pale yellowish becoming red-brown in stem base. Taste and smell radishy. Gills crowded, pale yellow at first later cinnamon. Pleurocystidia clavate with mucronate apex. Spore print rust brown. Spores oval, smooth, 5.5–9 x 3.5–5um. Habitat in dense clusters at the base of deciduous and very occasionally coniferous trees. Season autumn. Occasional. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe. |
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Callum Throw (United Kingdom) - 17 November 2008
Pholiota squarrosa found near the Roaches, Peak District, at the base of a common ash tree.
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tim hale (United Kingdom) - 05 October 2008
Found in broadleaf woodland by the river Lune in Lancashire, England.
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