Pholiota is a genus of small to medium-sized, fleshy mushrooms[2] in the family Strophariaceae. They are saprobes that typically live on wood.[3] The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in temperate regions, and contains about 150 species.
The mushrooms have scaly and glutinous to dry cap surfaces. Many species have prominent partial veils and form an annulus or annular ring on their stipes. None of the species have purplish or purplish-brown spore prints. None form acanthocytes on their mycelia.
Usually the species have pleurocystidia that include a type called chrysocystidia. The spores are brown, light brown, or yellowish brown in deposit. They are smooth with a germ pore, although the germ pore can be quite narrow in species
Distribution and habitat
The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in temperate regions.[4]
The species frequently grow on wood or at the bases of trees or on decaying tree roots.
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↑Redhead SA. (2013). "(2128) Proposal to conserve the name Flammula (Fr.) P. Kumm.(Fungi: Agaricales) against Flammula (Webb ex Spach) Fourr. (Spermatophyta: Ranunculaceae)". Taxon. 62 (2): 401–2. doi:10.12705/622.16.
↑Rea, Carleton (1922). British Basidiomycetaceae: a Handbook to the Larger British Fungi. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p.61.
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