HyperDic: scaly_pholiota

English > 1 sense of the expression scaly pholiota:
NOUNplantscaly pholiota, Pholiota squarrosaa gilled fungus with a cap and stalk that are conspicuously scaly with upright scales
English > scaly pholiota: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA gilled fungus with a cap and stalk that are conspicuously scaly with upright scales; gills develop a greenish tinge with age.
SynonymPholiota squarrosa
Member ofPholiota, genus Pholiotagenus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus
BroaderagaricA saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside

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