simonb Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 I see that one of my trees is sending clumps of the pholiotas each fall. Is there any way to safely identify the different species without microscopy? If they taste half as good as the pholiota adiposa that I grow on blocks they would be a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 2, 2021 Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 Looks like two species of Pholiota seen in the photos. Bottom photo may be a species close to P. aurivella. I don't recognize the top photo... maybe something close to P. squarrosa or P. squarrosoides. I have never tasted P. atiposa, but the wild ones I've eaten were IMO not very good quality. One of squarrosa/squarrosoides has the reputation as being a sickener... forget which one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonb Posted October 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 Now this same tree is sending out masses of honey mushrooms, plus many more pholiota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert Posted October 8, 2021 Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 On 10/2/2021 at 4:25 PM, Dave W said: One of squarrosa/squarrosoides has the reputation as being a sickener... forget which one P. squarrosoides is the edible one, and much more common here. But tastes like wood . P. squarrosa is apparently rare here; I've never found it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 In my experience the "edible" species of Pholiota are not of very good quality. That's unusual, Armillaria and Pholiota fruiting closely together on the same tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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