Observation of the Week
The OOTW for this week is by Misha Zitserm in Cunningham Park, NY, US, on November 10, 2021 . His iNaturalist ID is zitserm and the Observation can be seen here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100772249
The exact species cannot be determined without some microscopy, although this identification is probably correct.
More about various species of Pholiota:
https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/pholiota-squarrosa.php
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/64076-Pholiota
https://inaturalist.nz/taxa/64076-Pholiota
https://www.biodiversity4all.org/taxa/64076-Pholiota
https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_exp_for/priest_river/exp_for_priest_river_1968_smith.pdf
https://www.mushroomexpert.com/pholiota_squarrosa.html
https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/6865/shaggy_scalycap.html
https://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/Pholiota.htm
https://ultimate-mushroom.com/poisonous/219-pholiota-squarrosa.html
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/pholiota/
Don't forget to follow him at:
iNaturalist: zitserm
Instagram: oumuamua123
