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Pholiota alnicola

 

Pholiota alnicola, an uncommon species occurring on dead or dying alder trees, is on the increase as many alder trees are now infected by a fungal disease of the Phytopthora genus.

Cap

2 to 8 cm in diameter, bright yellow and with a greasy surface in wet weather. Veil fragments often cling to the cap margin.

 

Gills

A cortina-like veil covers the gills of young caps.

The crowded adnate gills are lemon yellow, turning cinnamon as the spores develop.

Stipe

5 to 10 mm in diameter and 3 to 7 cm tall; lemon-yellow becoming rust-tinged towards the base; smooth surface, with a pale ring zone (retaining fragments of the partial veil). The stem is solid with fibrous yellow flesh.

Spore print

Brown.

Odour/taste

No distinct odour; taste is rather bitter.

Habitat

On stumps and dead trunks and branches of alder, willow and birch; beside streams and lakes and in other shaded, damp places.

Season

September to December.

Occurrence

Infrequent.

Similar species

Kuehneromyces mutabilis can be very similar, although its cap is usually two-toned. It also has a more obvious sign zone and a dark tan stem below the ring zone; its gills are ochraceous when young, becoming cinnamon at maturity.

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