Pholiota adiposa (Batsch) P. Kumm.
(a scalycap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPholiota adiposa (a scalycap)
GenusPholiota (scalycap toadstools)
FamilySTROPHARIACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Pholiota adiposa (a scalycap) :
1: Pholiota adiposa (a scalycap)
4 Nov 2014 OSGR: SU20 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Two large, rather wet, clusters on large, dead, fallen Beech trunk
Image 1: Cap - LS - natural backgroundImage 2: Cluster of fruitbodies - oblique viewImage 3: Cluster of fruitbodies - side viewImage 4: Cluster of fruitbodies - side view (2)Image 5: Cluster of fruitbodies - side view (3)Image 6: Cluster of fruitbodies - underside viewImage 7: Fruitbodies - top viewImage 8: Fruitbodies - top view (2)Image 9: Fruitbodies - top view (3)Image 10: Fruitbodies - top view (4)Image 11: Fruitbodies - young - side viewImage 12: Fruitbodies - young - top viewImage 13: Fruitbody - LS - natural backgroundImage 14: Fruitbody - underside - natural backgroundImage 15: Fruitbody - young - natural backgroundImage 16: Gill - natural backgroundImage 17: Gills - at cap margin - close-up - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 18: Gills - at cap margin - close-up - enlarged - natural background (2)Image 19: Ring - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 20: Spore print - enlarged - white backgroundImage 21: Spore print - scraped - enlarged - white backgroundImage 22: Stipe apex and gills - close-up - enlargedImage 23: Basidia and chrysocystidia - magnifiedImage 24: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnifiedImage 25: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (2)Image 26: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (3)Image 27: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (4)Image 28: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 29: Cheilocystidia - magnified (2)Image 30: Cheilocystidia - magnified (3)Image 31: Cheilocystidia - highly magnifiedImage 32: Cheilocystidia - highly magnified (2)Image 33: Cheilocystidia - highly magnified (3)Image 34: Cheilocystidia - highly magnified (4)Image 35: Cheilocystidia - highly magnified (5)Image 36: Chrysocystidium - highly magnifiedImage 37: Gill edge with basidia and cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 38: Gill edge with basidia and cheilocystidia - magnified (2)Image 39: Gill edge with cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 40: Gill edge with cheilocystidia - magnified (2)Image 41: Gill edge with cheilocystidia - magnified (3)Image 42: Gill edge with cheilocystidia - highly magnifiedImage 43: Gill edge with cheilocystidia - highly magnified (2)Image 44: Gill edge with cheilocystidia - highly magnified (3)Image 45: Spores - magnifiedImage 46: Spores - magnified (2)Image 47: Spores - highly magnified
2: Pholiota adiposa (a scalycap)
13 Oct 1983 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
About 12 toadstools in a cluster inside 1.5m diam hollow Beech stump/trunk lying on the ground.
Image 1: Fruitbodies - 09 Oct - close-up - in situImage 2: Fruitbodies - 09 Oct - in situImage 3: Fruitbodies - 11 Oct - in situImage 4: Fruitbodies - 13 Oct - group - underside showing gills, ring and stipe - lain doImage 5: Fruitbodies - 13 Oct - side view - in situImage 6: Fruitbodies - 13 Oct - top view - in situImage 7: Fruitbodies - 13 Oct - undersides - close-up showing gills, ring and stipeImage 8: Fruitbodies - 13 Oct - undersides - close-up showing gills, ring and stipe (2)Image 9: Fruitbodies - 13 Oct - underside showing gills, ring and stipe - in situImage 10: Fruitbodies - 13 Oct - underside showing gills, ring and stipe - lain downImage 11: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 12: Facial chrysocystidia - magnifiedImage 13: Facial chrysocystidia - highly magnifiedImage 14: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 15: DescriptionImage 16: Description - contd

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Palmer, I. 2000 Pholiota adiposa Vol 1 (4) Page: Front cover

Pholiota adiposa (a scalycap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pholiota adiposa (a scalycap)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pholiota adiposa (a scalycap)
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