#scalycaps

[greycatbird]

She's on her way🍂🍁🪾

[orofeaiel]

Baby scalycaps

[balthazarslostlibrary]

Scalycaps. Pholiota glutinosa in Aotearoa New Zealand. Photos by me

[deathandmushrooms]

Scalycaps - Pholiota squarrosoides

Is it just me or does it look like a hybrid of Mario Kart items?

[mushroomgay]

Epping forest, London, UK, October 2020

Shaggy scalycap (Pholiota squarrosa)

These fungi are not edible, and some guides report them to be toxic, concerning given their resemblance to some species of honey fungi, Armillaria sp., which are often gathered for the pot - I spent some time myself deciding whether these were scalycaps or dark honey fungi (Armillaria ostoyae), which are considered edible when properly cooked. 

The beautiful fat mutant in the last two photos appears to be the result of the stipes of two bodies in this densely growing bunch fusing together, 

[lucid-moon0750]