Noun: golden pholiota
- A beautiful yellow gilled fungus found from Alaska south along the coast
"Hikers spotted golden pholiota growing on fallen logs";
- Pholiota aurea
- Genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open ground or decaying wood
- genus Pholiota
- 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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