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1. A gilled fungus with a cap and stalk that are conspicuously scaly with upright scales; gills develop a greenish tinge with age
   - Pholiota squarrosa

1. A beautiful yellow gilled fungus found from Alaska south along the coast
   - Pholiota aurea

1. Genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open ground or decaying wood
   - genus Pholiota

Type of: agaric, fungus genus

Part of: family Strophariaceae, Strophariaceae

Encyclopedia: Pholiota