Pholiota malicola

Pholiota malicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Pholiota
Species:
P. malicola
Binomial name
Pholiota malicola
(Kauffman) A.H.Sm. (1934)
Synonyms
  • Flammula malicola Kauffman (1926)

Pholiota malicola, commonly known as the forgettable pholiota,[1] is an inedible species of fungus in the mushroom 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 found in North America and Australia.[4]

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  2. ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  3. ^ Smith AH (1934). "New and unusual agarics from Michigan". Annales Mycologici. 32: 471–484.
  4. ^ Hongo T, Mills AK (1988). "Five noteworthy larger fungi new to Tasmania Australia". Nippon Kingakukai Kaiho. 29 (4): 351–358. ISSN 0029-0289.