Shaggy scalycap
Pholiota squarrosa
Poisonous: never pick it to eat.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Pholiota squarrosa
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Strophariaceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Domed
- Stem
- Ring
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter, Parasite
- Season
- Autumn
- Habitat
- Living trees
- Spore print
- Brown
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Its genus name Pholiota comes from Greek pholis, 'scale', for the scales on its cap and stem.
- It is poisonous and can cause stomach upset.
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Similar fungi
- Sheathed woodtuft
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
- Verdigris agaric
Stropharia aeruginosa
- Sulphur tuft
Hypholoma fasciculare
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q1574926 · All fungi · All entries