Pholiota limonella (Peck) Sacc.
(a scalycap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPholiota limonella (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 limonella (a scalycap) :
1: Pholiota limonella (a scalycap)
20 Oct 2016 OSGR: SU20 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
4 clusters of fruitbodies on trunk of moribund Birch
Image 1: Fruitbody clustersImage 2: Fruitbody clusters - 1 week laterImage 3: Fruitbody cluster - side viewImage 4: Fruitbody cluster - side view (2)Image 5: Fruitbody cluster - top viewImage 6: Fruitbody cluster - top view (2)Image 7: Fruitbody cluster - underside viewImage 8: Fruitbody cluster - underside view (2)Image 9: Fruitbody - underside to show stipe and gillsImage 10: Fruitbody - underside to show stipe and ringImage 11: Gills - close-upImage 12: Stipe apex - close-upImage 13: Spore print - enlarged - white backgroundImage 14: Spore print - scraped - enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Spores - magnified - white backgroundImage 16: Spores - magnified - white background (2)Image 17: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 18: Spores - highly magnified - white backgroundImage 19: Spores - highly magnified - white background (2)Image 20: Spores - highly magnified - white background (3)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Orton, P.D. 1988 Notes on British Agarics IX TBMS Vol 91 (4): 545-571.

Pholiota limonella (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 limonella (a scalycap)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pholiota limonella (a scalycap)
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