| pholiota | (n) genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open ground or decaying wood, Syn. genus Pholiota |
| pholiota astragalina | (n) a fungus with a smooth orange cap and yellow gills and pale yellow stalk |
| pholiota aurea | (n) a beautiful yellow gilled fungus found from Alaska south along the coast, Syn. golden pholiota |
| pholiota destruens | (n) a large fungus with whitish scales on the cap and remnants of the veil hanging from the cap; the stalk is thick and hard |
| pholiota flammans | (n) a fungus with a yellow cap covered with fine scales as is the stalk |
| pholiota flavida | (n) a fungus that grows in clusters on the ground; cap is brownish orange with a surface that is smooth and slightly sticky; whitish gills and a cylindrical brown stalk |
| pholiota squarrosa | (n) a gilled fungus with a cap and stalk that are conspicuously scaly with upright scales; gills develop a greenish tinge with age, Syn. scaly pholiota |
| pholiota squarrosa-adiposa | (n) a gilled fungus having yellow slimy caps with conspicuous tawny scales on the caps and stalks |
| pholiota squarrosoides | (n) a pale buff fungus with tawny scales |