Pholiota aurivella

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]

Pholiota aurivella
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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

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]

See also
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References
  1. "Pholiota aurivella (Batsch) P. Kumm. 1871". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  2. 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. 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. 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.

[1][2]

  1. "Pholiota aurivella, Golden Scalycap Mushroom". www.first-nature.com. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  2. "Taste of the Wild: Golden Pholiota". www.bio.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
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