Shaggy Scalycap

Pholiota squarrosa (Vahl) P. Kumm.

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Pholiota squarrosa, commonly known as the shaggy scalycap, the shaggy Pholiota, or the scaly Pholiota, is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. Both the cap and the stem are covered in small, pointed scales that are pointed downward and backward. The crowded gills are yellowish, then later rust-brown.

Source: Wikipedia

Spore Print

Season

Native

Distribution

Widespread and common

Habitat

At the base of deciduous trees

Cap

Dry with thin, adpressed recursed scales

Colour
Shape	Convex, Umbonate
Surface	Squamose
Width	4 - 20 cm

Gills

Colour
Attachment	Sinuate
Spacing	crowded

Flesh

Fibrous

Colour
Taste	Mild

Stem

Whitish above, yellow-orange with recursed brown scales below a fibrillose ring

Colour
Height	6 - 25 cm
Width	5 - 20 mm
Texture	Squamose

Spores

Thick walled with central germ pore

Colour
Shape	Ellipsoid
Ornamentation	Smooth
Size	6-8 x 3.5-5 μm

Microscopic Features

Mucronate cheilocystidia

Cheilocystidia	Clavate

Confirmed

Unconfirmed

Classification

↳ Phylum: Basidiomycota
↳ Subphylum: Agaricomycotina
↳ Class: Agaricomycetes
↳ Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
↳ Order: Agaricales
↳ Family: Strophariaceae
↳ Genus: Pholiota

Source: UKSI via NBN Atlas

Synonyms

Agaricus floccosus Schaeff.
Agaricus squarrosus Bull.
Agaricus verruculosus Lasch
Dryophila squarrosa (Muller ex Fr.) Quel.
Dryophila squarrosa (Vahl) Quél.
Lepiota squarrosa (Vahl) Gray
Pholiota jahnii sensu Breitenbach & Kränzlin [B&K4: 334, pl. 428 (1995)]
Pholiota squarrosa (Muller ex Fr.) Kummer
Pholiota squarrosa var. verruculosa (Lasch) Sacc.