Shaggy Scalycap

Pholiota squarrosa

Coniferous and deciduous forests, parks. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies large. Cap 5-10 (15) cm across, yellowish-brownish, ochre-brownish, densely covered with sharp brown scales. Young gills greenish-yellow, old ones reddish-brown, adnate. Stem 7-15x0.5-1.5 (3) cm, like the cap, conspicuously yellowish-brown-scaly. Flesh greenish-yellowish, tough, not bitter, with an unpleasant smell. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies brownish-yellow, fibrous-scaly, shaggy, growing in colonies. Appears on snags, windfalls, stumps, at the bases of living trees, in injured places, in large groups. Edible, but of low value. Common.