Pholiota aurivella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 aurivellus Batsch (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 on hymenium
Cap is campanulate
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe has a ring
Spore print is brown
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility 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

  1. ↑ "Pholiota aurivella (Batsch) P. Kumm. 1871". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. pp. 390–1. ISBN 0898151694.
  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.
  7. ↑ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
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