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Alder scalycap

Pholiota alnicola

currently accepted name: Flammula alnicola (1871) — accepted name according to GBIF; the catalogue keeps the familiar one

Genus Pholiota. Family Strophariaceae. Order Agaricales.

Alder scalycap — Photographs 1
Alder scalycap.
Photo: James Lindsey / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Description

Pholiota alnicola, the alder scalycap, is a species of the genus Pholiota in the family Strophariaceae. The yellow fruit bodies grow in clusters on stumps and at the base of alders and birches. Translated from the Russian-language Wikipedia.

Traits

Edibility
Inedible

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Photographs

Alder scalycap — Photographs 2
Alder scalycap. Mycological illustration.
Cooke, M. C.; Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Source: Wikipedia (Russian)