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Fat Pholiota

Pholiota adiposa

⚠ Moderately Toxic

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Cap color: yellow,chestnut,orange-brown
Cap size: medium
Gill color: yellow,rust-brown
Gill attachment: adnate
Stem: Yellowish, slimy, with cottony scales below ring zone, no free ring
Texture: slimy, scaly
Habitat: dead hardwood stumps and logs
Fruiting season: summer,fall
Peak season: Late Summer-Fall

Key Identification Features

Slimy bright yellow to chestnut-brown cap covered with cottony scales
yellow gills aging rust-brown
slimy yellowish stem with ring zone and scales below
grows in dense clusters on dead hardwood

Symptoms & Toxicity

GI distress, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea within 1-3 hours

Regions Found

Region data not available

Look-Alikes

No documented look-alikes on record.

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