Golden Scalycap - Pholiota aurivella
Pholiota cerifera
A large fungus with slimy, greasy golden-yellow caps, covered in orange or brown scales. Gills are yellow or rust-coloured; stem is pale yellow with brown scales below the ring zone.
Photograph from top down, in side view and underneath to show gills and full length of stipe; note habitat, substrate and associated tree species.
Deciduous trees, mainly on the trunks of Beech trees
June to November.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Taxonomy is confusing, and the name 'Pholiota aurivella' may refer to a group of similar species including P cerifera, P limonella and P adiposa. (ref. Kibby, Vol 3, 2021)
retsonian
Pit prop wood
21 September 2025
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
23 September 2011
det. R Iliffe
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
23 September 2011
det. R Iliffe
Jonesboy1
Broughton Astley
12 October 2015
det. R Iliffe
Ben Devine
Moira Furnace
27 September 2017
Melinda Bell
Donisthorpe,Woodland Park
28 October 2020
approx 8 cm diameter cap
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Species profile
- Common names
- Golden Scalycap
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Strophariaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 15
- First record:
- 23/09/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 21/10/2025 (Bell, Melinda)
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Melinda Bell
Donisthorpe,Woodland Park
28 October 2020
stipe covered in fibres
