Pholiota
Saving Riger Schüppling ( Pholiota squarrosa )
The Pholiota ( Pholiota ) is a fungal genus in the family Träuschlingsverwandten.
The type species is the savings Fingered Schüppling ( Pholiota squarrosa ).
- 5.1 Literature
- 5.2 Notes and references
Features
Macroscopic characteristics
The small to large leaves fungi often grow in tufts and have yellow, brown to olive green colors. Characteristic is the often strikingly scaly hat surface to which the German name of the genus refers. The surface can also be slimy. The hat is curved and curled at the edge long. The yellowish, olive-brown to brown fins are rounded to broadly grown on a stick. The spore powder is tonbraun, rare rust - brown or gray. The stem is central to eccentric, the surface is either bare or scaly, rarely slimy.
Microscopic characteristics
The hat skin consists of more or less radially disposed hyphae, which are erected in the scales. There are buckles on the transverse walls of the hyphae. The slats on both the face and on the cutting edge Zystiden. The spores are relatively small, elliptic to slightly bean-shaped, smooth-walled and brown. They usually have a germ pore.
Ecology
The Pholiota are usually saprobiontische wood inhabitants, which cause white rot in the infested wood. Some species also have mild parasitic powers. In addition, other plant substrates and humus and charcoal are inhabited by Schüpplingsarten.
Species
The genus includes about 150 species, of which 28 occur in Europe worldwide.
Saffron Red Schüppling Pholiota astragalina
Gold Coat Schüppling Pholiota aurivellus
Fire Schüppling Pholiota flammans
Wet Spot Schüppling Pholiota graminis
Rubber Schüppling Pholiota gummosa
Bleicher Schüppling Pholiota squarrosoides
Rötender Schüppling Pholiota tubercolosa
Importance
Some Schüpplingsarten are edible, the Japanese nameko is also cultivated.