Pholiota highlandensis (Peck) Quadr. & Lunghini
(Bonfire Pholiota, Bonfire Scalycap, Charcoal Pholiota)

Pholiota highlandensis (Bonfire Pholiota, Bonfire Scalycap, Charcoal Pholiota) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pholiota highlandensis (Bonfire Pholiota, Bonfire Scalycap, Charcoal Pholiota) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPholiota highlandensis (Bonfire Pholiota, Bonfire Scalycap, Charcoal Pholiota)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pholiota highlandensis (Bonfire Pholiota, Bonfire Scalycap, Charcoal Pholiota)

Identification Works

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

Pholiota highlandensis (Bonfire Pholiota, Bonfire Scalycap, Charcoal Pholiota) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pholiota highlandensis (Bonfire Pholiota, Bonfire Scalycap, Charcoal Pholiota):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 24 images of Pholiota highlandensis (Bonfire Pholiota, Bonfire Scalycap, Charcoal Pholiota)

Larger, more brightly coloured collections with well developed scales on the stipe may be P. brunnescens which differs in the presence of larger cells in the pruina at the apex of the stipe.

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