Golden Scalycap - Pholiota aurivella
Quite a large fungus that has a golden yellow cap with scales that are often a deeper redder shade. The stem is usually yellowy brown and is also scaly.
Grows on dead or living deciduous wood, often on Ash.
June to November.
Widespread and fairly frequent in England.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
23 September 2011
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
23 September 2011
Melinda Bell
Donisthorpe,Woodland Park
28 October 2020
approx 8 cm diameter cap
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Species profile
- Common names
- Golden Scalycap
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Strophariaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 11
- First record:
- 23/09/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 30/10/2023 (Cherry, Taela-Rae)
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Melinda Bell
Donisthorpe,Woodland Park
28 October 2020
stipe covered in fibres
Ben Devine
Moira Furnace
27 September 2017
