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 Pholiota mutabilis
SynonymsAgaricus mutabilis
BiostatusPresent in region - Origin uncertain
Article: Massee, G.E. (1899) [1898]. The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349 Wellington:.
Description: Pileus convex, then expanded, usually obtusely umbonate, sometimes depressed round the
umbo; glabrous, deep cinnamon-colour, becoming paler when dry, size very variable, 2.5-10
cm. across; flesh thin ; gills adnate and slightly decurrent, crowded, rather broad, pallid, then
cinnamon-colour; spores 9-11 x 5-6 µ; stem 3-10 cm. long, rigid, nearly equal, covered with
squarrose scales up to the superior membranaceous ring which is minutely scaly outside,
brownish below, paler upwards and smooth above the ring, stuffed, then hollow, often
incurved and ascending.
Habitat: On trunks and stumps; rarely on the ground, and then springing from buried wood.
Distribution: Dannevirke, New Zealand. Australia, Tasmania, Europe, Siberia, United States.
Notes: An elegant species when well grown. Known from Pholiota squarrosa by the glabrous pileus.
Most closely allied to Pholiota marginata, under which species the differences are indicated.
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