Pholiota malicola
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Strophariaceae |
| Genus: | Pholiota |
| Species: | P. malicola
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| Pholiota malicola | |
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Pholiota malicola, commonly known as the forgettable pholiota,[1] is an inedible species of fungus.
The species is in the family Strophariaceae.[2] Originally called Flammula malicola by mycologist Calvin Henry Kauffman in 1926, it was transferred to the genus Pholiota by Alexander H. Smith in 1934.[3]
It is an orangish species with a smooth cap 3–9 centimetres (1+1⁄4–3+1⁄2 in) in width. The stalk is 4–15 cm (1+1⁄2–6 in) long.[1]
It is found in North America and Australia.[4] It grows in groups on decaying wood.[1]
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References
Pholiota malicola | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex or umbonate |
 | Hymenium is adnexed |
 | Stipe is bare or has a ring |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is unknown or inedible |
- ^ a b c Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Smith AH (1934). "New and unusual agarics from Michigan". Annales Mycologici. 32: 471–484.
- ^ Hongo T, Mills AK (1988). "Five noteworthy larger fungi new to Tasmania Australia". Nippon Kingakukai Kaiho. 29 (4): 351–358. ISSN 0029-0289.