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Noun: golden pholiota
  1. A beautiful yellow gilled fungus found from Alaska south along the coast
    "Hikers spotted golden pholiota growing on fallen logs";
    - Pholiota aurea
Noun: Pholiota
  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
Noun: scaly pholiota
  1. A gilled fungus with a cap and stalk that are conspicuously scaly with upright scales; gills develop a greenish tinge with age
    "The scaly pholiota's distinctive scales made it easy to identify";
    - Pholiota squarrosa

Type of: agaric, fungus genus

Part of: family Strophariaceae, Strophariaceae

Encyclopedia: Golden pholiota

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