(Leucopholiota decorosa)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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IUCN Red List | not listed |
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NatureServe | not listed |
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Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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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 ⅝″ (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 |
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Hardwoods |
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Ecology |
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Season |
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Late summer and fall |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Uncommon in Minnesota |
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Taxonomy |
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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 | ||
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Squamanitaceae | ||
Genus |
Leucopholiota | ||
Synonyms |
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Agaricus decorosus Armillaria decorosa Cortinellus decorosus Floccularia decorosa Tricholoma decorosum Tricholomopsis decorosa |
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Common Names |
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Decorated Pholiota |
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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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Created: 1/10/2023
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