Pholiota astragalina

Pholiota astragalina is an inedible species of fungus in the family Strophariaceae.[2] It was first described scientifically in 1821 by Elias Magnus Fries as a species of Agaricus. Rolf Singer transferred it to the genus Pholiota in 1951.[3] Fruitbodies of the fungus have pinkish-orange caps measuring 2–5.5 cm (0.8–2.2 in) in diameter. They produce a reddish-brown spore print. Spores are oval to elliptical, smooth with thin walls, and measure 5–7 by 4–4.5 µm. In North America, the fungus is found in the United States and Canada. In Europe, it has been recorded from France, Sweden, and Switzerland.[4]

Pholiota astragalina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Strophariaceae
Genus:
Pholiota
Species:
P. astragalina
Binomial name
Pholiota astragalina
(Fr.) Singer (1951)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agaricus astragalinus Fr. (1821)
  • Flammula astragalina (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)
  • Dryophila astragalina (Fr.) Quél. (1886)
  • Gymnopilus astragalinus (Fr.) S.Imai (1938)
  • Flammula astragalina var. perelegans P.Karst. (1905)
  • Pholiotina astragalina (Fr.) Singer (1951)

See also

References
  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Pholiota astragalina (Fr.) Singer". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  2. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  3. Singer R. The Agaricales in Modern Taxonomy. Lilloa. 22 (2 ed.). Weinheim, Germany: Cramer. p. 516.
  4. Bessette A, Miller OK Jr, Bessette AR, Miller HR (1995). Mushrooms of North America in Color: A Field Guide Companion to Seldom-Illustrated Fungi. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-0-8156-2666-4.


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