Pholiota (Fr.) P. Kumm.
Führ. Pilzk.: 22, 83. (1871.

Principle characteristics of the genus Pholiota:

• Spore print earth brown to rusty brown
• Spores smooth with germ pore
• Annulus distinct or fibrillose zone
• Habitat mostly ligicolous

Keys and descriptions of the genus Pholiota:

• Trial key to the species of Pholiota in the Pacific Northwest
• Smith, A.H. & Hesler, L.R. (1968). The North American Species of Pholiota. Hafner Publishing Company: New York, NY. (Web version)

Pholiota species known to occur in California:

1. Pholiota adiposa (Batsch) P. Kumm.
2. Pholiota albocrenulata (Peck) Sacc.
3. Pholiota anomala Peck
4. Pholiota astragalina (Fr.) Singer
5. Pholiota aurivella (Batsch) P. Kumm.
6. Pholiota bakerensis A.H. Sm. & Hesler
7. Pholiota bridgei A.H. Sm. & Hesler
8. Pholiota brunnescens A.H. Sm. & Hesler
9. Pholiota californica (Earle) A.H. Sm. & Hesler
10. Pholiota carbonaria A.H. Sm.
11. Pholiota decorata (Murrill) A.H. Sm. & Hesler
12. Pholiota destruens (Brond.) Gillet
13. Pholiota ferrugineolutescens A.H. Sm. & Hesler
14. Pholiota flammans (Batsch) P. Kumm.
15. Pholiota flavida (Schaeff.) Singer
16. Pholiota foedata (Peck) A.H. Sm. & Hesler
17. Pholiota fulviconica (Murrill) A.H. Sm. & Hesler
18. Pholiota fulvozonata A.H. Sm. & Hesler
19. Pholiota highlandensis (Peck) A.H. Sm. & Hesler
20. Pholiota humii A.H. Sm. & Hesler
21. Pholiota iterata A.H. Sm. & Hesler
22. Pholiota lenta (Pers.) Singer
23. Pholiota malicola var. macropoda A.H. Sm. & Hesler
24. Pholiota multifolia (Peck) A.H. Sm. & Hesler
25. Pholiota occidentalis A.H. Sm. & Hesler
26. Pholiota olivaceophylla A.H. Sm. & Hesler
27. Pholiota ornatula (Murrill) A.H. Sm. & Hesler
28. Pholiota punicea A.H. Sm. & Hesler
29. Pholiota radicosa (Bull.) P. Kumm.
30. Pholiota rubronigra A.H. Sm. & Hesler
31. Pholiota rivulosa A.H. Sm. & Hesler
32. Pholiota sequoiae A.H. Sm. & Hesler
33. Pholiota scamba (Fr.) M.M. Moser
34. Pholiota spinulifera (Murrill) Singer
35. Pholiota spumosa (Fr.) Singer
36. Pholiota squarrosa (Batsch) P. Kumm.
37. Pholiota squarrosoadiposa J.E. Lange
38. Pholiota squarrosoides (Peck) Sacc.
39. Pholiota subcarbonaria (Murrill) A.H. Sm. & Hesler
40. Pholiota sublubrica A.H. Sm. & Hesler
41. Pholiota subsulphurea A.H. Sm. & Hesler
42. Pholiota terrestris Overh.
43. Pholiota trullisata A.H. Sm. & Hesler
44. Pholiota velaglutinosa A.H. Sm. & Hesler

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