Shaggy Scalycap - Pholiota squarrosa

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Description

The cap is convex when young becoming flattened to about 10 cm across, covered with coarse dark yellowy brown scales giving an overall shaggy appearance. Stem also coarsely scaly.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Clustered at the base of trees sometimes in woods.

When to see it

Autumn

UK Status

Fairly common and widespread in Britain.

VC55 Status

Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.

  • David Nicholls
    Bradgate Park
    15 October 2020
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Common and Woods
    09 September 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote, Hinckley Road
    28 October 2020
  • Lostash
    Whetstone Recreational Ground
    26 September 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Common and Woods
    09 September 2014
  • David Nicholls
    Bradgate Park
    16 October 2019

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Shaggy Scalycap, Shaggy Pholiota
Species group:
Fungi
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Strophariaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
67
First record:
05/11/2004 (Nicholls, David)
Last record:
31/10/2024 (Bell, Melinda)

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  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote, Hinckley Road
    28 October 2020
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Common and Woods
    09 September 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Common and Woods
    09 September 2014
  • David Nicholls
    Ulverscroft NR
    05 November 2004
  • Lostash
    Whetstone
    25 September 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Change Spinney, Ratby
    17 November 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    19 November 2006
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    19 November 2006
    On Ash
  • Alan Semper
    Scalford roadside
    26 November 2013
  • Lostash
    wHETSTONE RECREATION GROUND
    25 September 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Change Spinney, Ratby
    17 November 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby Burroughs
    24 November 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Cossington Meadows
    05 January 2013
  • Alan Semper
    Scalford roadside
    26 November 2013
  • Alan Semper
    Scalford roadside
    26 November 2013
  • Alan Semper
    Scalford roadside
    26 November 2013
  • David Nicholls
    Bradgate Park
    15 October 2020