Definition of Genus pholiota

1. Noun. Genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open ground or decaying wood.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pholiota

genus Philomachus
genus Philophylla
genus Phlebodium
genus Phlebotomus
genus Phleum
genus Phlomis
genus Phlox
genus Phoca
genus Phocaena
genus Phoenicophorium
genus Phoeniculus
genus Phoenicurus
genus Phoenix
genus Pholas
genus Pholidota
genus Pholiota
genus Pholis
genus Pholistoma
genus Phoradendron
genus Photinia
genus Photoblepharon
genus Phoxinus
genus Phragmipedium
genus Phragmites
genus Phrynosoma
genus Phthirius
genus Phthirus
genus Phthorimaea
genus Phyllitis
genus Phyllium

Literary usage of Genus pholiota

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studies of American Fungi: Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, Etc by George Francis Atkinson (1900)
"PHOLIOTA Fr. The genus Pholiota has ferruginous or ferruginous brown spores. It lacks a volva, but has an annulus; the gills are attached to the stem. ..."

2. A Preliminary Report on the Hymeniales of Connecticut by Edward Albert White (1905)
"The members of the genus Pholiota are fleshy both in cap and stem, and the substance of the two is similar. The volva, or cup, is absent from the base of ..."

3. Proceedings of the Onondaga Academy of Science by Onondaga Academy of Science, Onondaga Academy of Science, Syracuse, N.Y. (1903)
"The genus Pholiota, distinguished among the ochre-spored agarics by its distinct ring on the stem, was abundant in several species. ..."

4. Education Department Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1908)
"Its edible qualities are similar to those of the scabrous stemmed boletus. NEW YORK SPECIES OF PHOLIOTA Pholiota Fr. The genus Pholiota belongs to the ..."

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