Pholiota

This article is about the genus. For the Australian building, see Pholiota (house).

Pholiota
Pholiota squarrosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Pholiota
(Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)
Type species
Pholiota squarrosa
(Bull.) P.Kumm. (1871)
Synonyms[1]

Agaricus "trib." Pholiota Fr. (1821)
Agaricus ser. Derminus Fr. (1821)
Derminus (Fr.) Staude (1857) nom. rej.
Gymnocybe P.Karst. (1879)
Dryophila Quél. (1886)
Flammopsis Fayod (1889)
Ryssospora Fayod (1889)
Hypodendrum Paulet ex Earle (1909)
Visculus Earle (1909)

Pholiota is a genus of small to medium-sized, fleshy mushrooms in the family Strophariaceae. They are saprobes that typically live on wood.[2] The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in temperate regions, and contains about 150 species.[3]

Pholiota is derived from the Greek word pholis, meaning "scale".[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference urlMycoBank: Pholiota was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The genus Pholiota". The Mushroom Expert.
  3. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 524. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  4. ^ Rea, Carleton (1922). British Basidiomycetaceae: a Handbook to the Larger British Fungi. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 61.