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simonb

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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.

 

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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.

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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.

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