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Bright Yellow mushroom seems like it must be the right time and conditions for Pholiota -this is the 3rd species I've come across in the last few weeks Fall,Geotagged,Pholiota flammans,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Bright Yellow mushroom

seems like it must be the right time and conditions for Pholiota -this is the 3rd species I've come across in the last few weeks

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''Pholiota flammans'', commonly known as the yellow pholiota, the flaming Pholiota, or the flame scalecap, is a basidiomycete agaric mushroom of the genus ''Pholiota''. Its fruit body is golden-yellow in color throughout, while its cap and stem are covered in sharp scales. As it is a saprobic fungus, the fruit bodies typically appear in clusters on the stumps of dead coniferous trees. ''P. flammans'' is distributed throughout Europe, North America, and Asia in boreal and temperate regions. Its.. more

Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Sep 11, 2015. Captured Oct 11, 2015 13:14 in Nook Trail, Issaquah, WA 98027, USA.
  • X-E1
  • f/1.0
  • 8s
  • ISO200
  • 50mm