Sticky Scalycap
Sticky Scalycap - Pholiota gummosa
Description
A smallish fugus, with sticky pale yellowish-green caps which have fine darker scales appressed to the cap surface. Gills yellowish to greenish-brown; stem pale yellow wth darker scales below ring zone.
Identification difficulty
Recording advice
Photograph from top down, in side view, and underneath to show gills and full length of stipe. Note stickiness; note habitat and substrate.
Habitat
Usually in grassland, on buried wood.
When to see it
June to October in Britain.
UK Status
Widespread iand common (Kibby, Vol. 3, 2021)
VC55 Status
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Melinda Bell
Heather,QEDJWood
17 October 2024
scales below ring zone
Melinda Bell
Heather,QEDJWood
17 October 2024
flattened scales on sticky cap
Melinda Bell
Heather,QEDJWood
17 October 2024
brown spores
AJ Cann
Tugby Wood
21 October 2018
LFSG visit
Melinda Bell
Heather,QEDJWood
17 October 2024
growing on buried wood
Frank Bedford
Willesley Gardens Ashby
10 November 2023
Steve Mathers
Cademan Wood
12 November 2017
det. T Hering
AJ Cann
Tugby Wood
21 October 2018
LFSG visit
Frank Bedford
Willesley Gardens Ashby
10 November 2023
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