Biology:Pholiota malicola
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Short description: Species of fungus
| Pholiota malicola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Strophariaceae |
| Genus: | Pholiota |
| Species: | P. malicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Pholiota malicola (Kauffman) A.H.Sm. (1934)
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Pholiota malicola, commonly known as the forgettable pholiota,[1] is an inedible species of fungus.
The species is in the family Strophariaceae.[2] Originally called Flammula malicola by mycologist Calvin Henry Kauffman in 1926, it was transferred to the genus Pholiota by Alexander H. Smith in 1934.[3]
It is an orangish species with a smooth cap 3–9 centimetres (1 1⁄4–3 1⁄2 in) in width. The stalk is 4–15 cm (1 1⁄2–6 in) long.[1]
It is found in North America and Australia.[4] It grows in groups on decaying wood.[1]
See also
References
| Pholiota malicola | |
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 | gills on hymenium |
 | cap is convex or umbonate |
 | hymenium is adnexed |
 | stipe is bare or has a ring |
 | spore print is brown |
 | ecology is saprotrophic |
 | edibility: unknown or inedible |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. pp. 388. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1. https://archive.org/details/arora-david-mushrooms-demystified-a-comprehensive-guide-to-the-fleshy-fungi-ten-speed-press-1986/page/388/mode/2up.
- ↑ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ↑ Smith AH (1934). "New and unusual agarics from Michigan". Annales Mycologici 32: 471–484.
- ↑ "Five noteworthy larger fungi new to Tasmania Australia". Nippon Kingakukai Kaiho 29 (4): 351–358. 1988. ISSN 0029-0289.
Wikidata ☰ Q2714885 entry
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