Decorated Pholiota

(Leucopholiota decorosa)

Conservation Status
Decorated Pholiota
Photo by Honey Fae (Farah)
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Description
 
 

Decorated Pholiota is a medium-sized gilled mushroom. It occurs in North America, Japan, France, and Pakistan. In the United States it occurs from Maine to South Carolina, west to Minnesota and Missouri. In Canada it occurs from Nova Scotia west to southern Ontario. It is uncommon in Minnesota, where it reaches the western extent of its range. It is found in late summer and fall, often in forests, alone, in small groups, or in clusters, on stumps and logs. It grows on decaying wood of hardwood trees. It obtains its nutrients from dead wood (saprobic).

When it first appears, the cap is hemispherical and cinnamon brown to rusty brown. The upper surface is dry and is densely covered with small, curved, brown scales that have an erect point. Mature caps are 1 to 2¾ (2.5 to 7.0 cm) in diameter and convex, broadly convex, or almost flat. The margins are rolled inward and have brown, hair-like fibers, remnants of the partial veil, attached.

The gills are white, closely spaced, and narrowly attached to the stalk. The edges are finely scalloped. Between the main gills there are one to three series of short gills that do not reach the stalk.

The stalk is 1 to 3 (2.5 to 8.0 cm) long and ¼ to (6 to 15 mm) thick. Near the top there is a folded over ring of tissue, remnant of the partial veil. Above the ring the stalk is white and bald. Below the ring it is densely covered with brown scales and hairs, similar to the cap.

The flesh is thick, firm, and white. It does not change color when sliced. The edibility is unknown.

The spore print is white.

 
     
 

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Habitat and Hosts
 
 

Hardwoods

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Season

 
 

Late summer and fall

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

4, 24, 26, 29, 30, 77.

 
  1/10/2023      
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

Uncommon in Minnesota

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Fungi (fungi)  
  Subkingdom Dikarya  
  Division Basidiomycota (club fungi)  
  Subdivision Agaricomycotina (jelly fungi, yeasts, and mushrooms)  
  Class Agaricomycetes (mushrooms, bracket fungi, puffballs, and allies)  
  Subclass Agaricomycetidae  
  Order Agaricales (common gilled mushrooms and allies)  
  Suborder Agaricineae  
 

Family

Squamanitaceae  
 

Genus

Leucopholiota  
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Agaricus decorosus

Armillaria decorosa

Cortinellus decorosus

Floccularia decorosa

Tricholoma decorosum

Tricholomopsis decorosa

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

Decorated Pholiota

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary

Partial veil

A protective covering over the gills or pores of a developing mushroom. At maturity it disappears, collapses into a ring around the stem, or wears away into a cobwebby covering and ring zone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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  Honey Fae (Farah)
8/20/2022

Location: Duluth, MN

 

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