Pholiota albocrenulata
Key to Gilled Mushrooms KeyThis is a key to gilled mushrooms, that is, mushrooms having a definite cap with a fertile surface consisting of gills. The fruiting body usually also has a stem, although that may be lateral or absent (usually, then, the mushroom is growing from wood). You can use this key to identify mushrooms that you find.
Agaricales OrderFruiting body containing fibers (usually in the stalk)
Brown, Olive, Orange or Tan Spored SuborderGills not free
Spore print tan, orange, deep ochre, yellowish olive, olive brown, rusty or cinnamon brown or deep brown
Ring usually either absent or not membranous
Lignicolous Brown Spored FamilyGrowing on wood
Medium To Big Lignicolous Brown Spored SubfamilyCap usually more than 2" across, and sometimes up to 8; usually tan, yellow, or pumpkin-colored
Pholiota Genus
Scaly Pholiota SectionGrowing on wood
Cap and stem with many pointy or patchy scales
Sometimes the scales wash off the cap in the rain (with a slippery cap, it's especially easy for that to happen); but they usually remain on the stalk (which is protected from the rain by the cap)
Cap typically yellowish
Pholiota albocrenulata (Peck) Saccardo
Here are the characters that distinguish this species from the others in its group. For its more general characters, see higher up on the page.
If there's just a few words or a microscopic feature here, a more thorough description can be found above.
Diagnosis
- Cap up to 4" across; slimy or viscid when fresh; very rounded at first, becoming umbonate; dark reddish brown or orange brown over the disk, shading to yellowish brown at the margin; often with small brownish scales especially towards the margin, which is also hung with scraps of veil tissue
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Gills appearing fringed or uneven from the numerous cheilocystidia, and often beaded with tiny white droplets
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Usually on deciduous wood, especially maple and elm
Microscropic Characters
