Alder moth (Pholiota alnicola)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Strophariaceae (Strophariaceae)
- Genus: Pholiota (Scaly)
- Type: Pholiota alnicola (Alder moth (Alder flake))
alder moth (lat. Pholiota alnicola) is a species of fungi included in the genus Pholiota of the Strophariaceae family.
Grows in groups on the stumps of alder, birch. Fruiting – August-September. It is found in the European part of Our Country, in the North Caucasus, in the Primorsky Territory.
Cap 5-6 cm in ∅, yellow-buff, with brown scales, with remnants of a membranous veil in the form of thin flakes along the edge of the cap.
Pulp. The plates are adherent, dirty yellow or rusty.
Leg 4-8 cm long, 0,4 cm ∅, curved, with a ring; above the ring – pale straw, below the ring – brown, fibrous.
Mushroom . May cause poisoning.