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Definition of Genus Pholiota
1. Noun. Genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open ground or decaying wood.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Member holonyms: Pholiota Astragalina, Golden Pholiota, Pholiota Aurea, Pholiota Destruens, Pholiota Flammans, Pholiota Flavida, Nameko, Pholiota Nameko, Viscid Mushroom, Pholiota Squarrosa-adiposa, Pholiota Squarrosa, Scaly Pholiota, Pholiota Squarrosoides
Group relationships: Family Strophariaceae, Strophariaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pholiota
Literary usage of Genus Pholiota
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 Fr. The genus Pholiota has ferruginous or ferruginous brown spores.
It lacks a volva, but has an annulus; the gills are attached to the stem. ..."
2. A Preliminary Report on the Hymeniales of Connecticut by Edward Albert White (1905)
"The members of the genus Pholiota are fleshy both in cap and stem, and the
substance of the two is similar. The volva, or cup, is absent from the base of ..."
3. Proceedings of the Onondaga Academy of Science by Onondaga Academy of Science, Onondaga Academy of Science, Syracuse, N.Y. (1903)
"The genus Pholiota, distinguished among the ochre-spored agarics by its distinct
ring on the stem, was abundant in several species. ..."
4. Education Department Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1908)
"Its edible qualities are similar to those of the scabrous stemmed boletus.
NEW YORK SPECIES OF PHOLIOTA Pholiota Fr. The genus Pholiota belongs to the ..."
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