Summary:
Features of the Pholiota lubrica group include a viscid-slimy cap, a scaly stem, and single to gregarious but rarely clustered growth in humus or on rotting wood. The group includes P. decorata, P. ferruginea, P. ferrugineolutescens, P. lenta, P. alniphila (as P. occidentalis), P. rubronigra, P. rufodisca, P. sublubrica, P. velaglutinosa, P. verna, and P. vinaceobrunnea. The description is derived from Arora(1).

Gills:
adnate to adnexed, close; whitish, yellow, or sometimes greenish yellow, "becoming brown or dull cinnamon as the spores mature"

Stem:
5-10cm x (0.4)0.8-1.5cm, more or less equal; white or yellow, sometimes brownish-stained when old; smooth above the veil, usually with small scales in lower part that are often darker and may wear off

Veil:
fibrillose to somewhat membranous, forming a slight superior ring or fibrillose zone on stem

Microscopic spores:
spores elliptic, smooth

Spore deposit:
brown

Notes:
Members of the group occur in BC, WA, OR, ID, AK, CA, CO, MA, MI, NC, NM, NY, SC, TN, ON, and more widely (see individual members).

EDIBILITY

unknown