| Noun | 1. | Pholiota - genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open ground or decaying woodfungus genus - includes lichen genera Pholiota astragalina - a fungus with a smooth orange cap and yellow gills and pale yellow stalk golden pholiota, Pholiota aurea - a beautiful yellow gilled fungus found from Alaska south along the coast Pholiota destruens - 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 - a fungus with a yellow cap covered with fine scales as is the stalk Pholiota flavida - 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-adiposa - a gilled fungus having yellow slimy caps with conspicuous tawny scales on the caps and stalks Pholiota squarrosa, scaly pholiota - a gilled fungus with a cap and stalk that are conspicuously scaly with upright scales; gills develop a greenish tinge with age Pholiota squarrosoides - a pale buff fungus with tawny scales family Strophariaceae, Strophariaceae - sometimes included in family Agaricaceae |