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:

• North American Species of 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. (UMich 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 squarroso-adiposa 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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