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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Pholiota pumila. Pholiota pumila

Synonyms

Agaricus pumilus

Biostatus

Present 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 rather fleshy, hemispherical, obtuse, even, hygrophanous, glabrous, ochraceous or rarely brownish-cinnamon, 1-1.5 cm. broad; flesh dingy; gills adnate, crowded, about 3 mm. broad, pallid-yellowish; spores 8-10 x 5-6 µ; stem 2.5-5 cm. long, about 2 mm. thick, yellow, somewhat fibrillose, hollow; ring superior, floccose, not interwoven into a membrane, only-forming a zone round the stem.
Habitat: On the ground, among grass and moss.
Distribution: New Zealand. Victoria, New South Wales, Europe.