Pholiota subflammans is a species of mushroom of the family Strophariaceae. It was first described by the Italian mycologist Carlo Luigi Spegazzini in 1887. A saprotroph, P. subflammans can be found on decaying wood or on mossy and grassy soil. It is present in Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. P. subflammans fruit bodies have a rough and scaly appearance, and the stipes have black rings. The mushroom is inedible.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pholiota subflammans being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Strophariaceae
- Genus
- Pholiota
- Species
- Pholiota subflammans
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