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Golden Scalycap

Pholiota aurivella

Mushrooms
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Golden Scalycap, photo 1 of 5
Golden Scalycap, photo 2 of 5
Golden Scalycap, photo 3 of 5

Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.

up to 18 cmCap

Fungus with a cap up to 18 cm. Grows in forests. Spore print brown. Feeds on decaying organic matter.

There are 38 observations of Golden Scalycap in Québec, mostly in Montréal, Montérégie and Outaouais, and it has been reported in 8 of the 17 regions. They peak in October.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montréal10
  2. Montérégie9
  3. Outaouais7
  4. Capitale-Nationale4
  5. Laurentides2
  6. Centre-du-Québec2
  7. Mauricie2
  8. Estrie2

Habitat

ForestCephas

Grows on

Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides
Balsam firAbies balsamea
Sugar mapleAcer saccharum
Yellow birchBetula alleghaniensis
American beechFagus grandifolia
TamarackLarix laricina
Common crabappleMalus domestica
Black Hills sprucePicea glauca
American mountain-ashSorbus americana
Silver firAbies concolor

Similar species

Shaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosa
Lemon-yellow PholiotaPholiota limonella
Sharp-scaly PholiotaPholiota squarrosoides
Flaming ScalycapPholiota flammans
TOXIC
Honey FungusArmillaria mellea
Strophaire à arêtes blanchesHemistropharia albocrenulata
Dryad's SaddleCerioporus squamosus
Pholiote luisantePholiota lucifera
Chicken Fat MushroomSuillus americanus
TOXIC
Spectacular RustgillGymnopilus junonius
Destructive PholiotaHemipholiota populnea
Scaly SawgillNeolentinus lepideus