Definition of Pholiota squarrosa

1. Noun. A gilled fungus with a cap and stalk that are conspicuously scaly with upright scales; gills develop a greenish tinge with age.

Exact synonyms: Scaly Pholiota
Generic synonyms: Agaric
Group relationships: Genus Pholiota, Pholiota

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pholiota Squarrosa

Phoeniculidae
Phoeniculus
Phoenicurus
Phoenix
Phoenix dactylifera
Pholadidae
Pholidae
Pholidota
Pholiota
Pholiota astragalina
Pholiota aurea
Pholiota destruens
Pholiota flammans
Pholiota flavida
Pholiota nameko
Pholiota squarrosa (current term)
Pholiota squarrosa-adiposa
Pholiota squarrosoides
Pholis
Pholis gunnellus
Pholistoma
Pholistoma auritum
Phoma
Phoney War
Phoradendron
Phoradendron flavescens
Phoradendron serotinum
Phormia regina
Phoronida
Phoronidea

Literary usage of Pholiota squarrosa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studies of American Fungi: Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, Etc by George Francis Atkinson (1900)
"Pholiota squarrosa Mull., widely distributed and common in the autumn, both in Europe and America, on stumps and trunks, is a large, clustered, scaly plant, ..."

2. Report (1904)
"Var. minor Batt. Common on lawns and meadows. Spring and summer. Pholiota squarrosa Mull. MAC, Sept., 1901. ..."

3. British Fungus-flora: A Classified Text-book of Mycology by George. Massee (1893)
"With the habit and general appearance of Pholiota squarrosa, but known at once by the almost free gills. tt Gills yellow, then pure ferruginous or tawny. ..."

4. A Text-book of Plant Diseases Caused by Cryptogamic Parasites by George Massee (1899)
"Pholiota squarrosa (Mull.), densely tufted, dry, yellowish- brown ; pileus and stem, up to the ring, ornamented with projecting brown scales. Smell strong. ..."

5. A Text-book of Plant Diseases Caused by Cryptogamic Parasites by George Massee (1907)
"... (Batsch) resembles Pholiota adiposa (Fries) in general appearance, but the stem is always dry, not sticky. Often solitary. Pholiota squarrosa ..."

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