Golden Scalycap

Pholiota aurivella – Edible

On trunks, branches, stumps and snags of deciduous trees. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized, rarely large. Cap 5-10 (13) cm across, rarely larger, fleshy, yellow, brownish-yellow, sticky, covered with brownish, appressed scales. Gills cream, later yellowish-brown, greenish-brown. Stem 4-8 (10)x0.5-2 (3) cm, hard, woody, smooth or roughened, with a cobweb-like ring-shaped remnant of the veil. Characteristic features: slimy cap with brown scales on a yellow background, flesh not bitter, yellowish. Grows in small groups in parks, forests, along roadsides, in squares, on deciduous trees, even in orchards on damaged parts of apple trees. Edible, of low value. Common.