Pholiota ochrochlora (Fr.) Orton Blassgrüner Schüppling Cap 2–5cm across, convex then expanded or slightly depressed, initially slightly viscid but soon dry, pale straw-coloured or tinged greenish at the margin, covered in straw-yellow to olivaceous pointed scales especially at the centre, margin with velar remnants at first. Stem 25–50 x 4–8mm, apex whitish, straw-yellow below darkening to rust at the base, covered in reflexed straw-coloured or greenish scales below the indistinct ring zone. Flesh whitish to yellowish in cap becoming brownish in stem base. Taste mild, smell none. Gills whitish-yellow becoming ochre or tinged olivaceous, finally cinnamon. Spore print rust-brown. Spores elliptic to ovoid, 6–8 x 4–5um. Habitat in small clusters on wood. Season autumn. Occasional. Edibility unknown –avoid. Found In Europe. |