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Pholiota astragalinaPhoto: Yves DeneyerBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Smallish flesh-coloured to orange-cream agaric with ochre-brown gills and yellowish-orange stem; clustered on rotten conifer wood, especially stumps.Dimensions: Cap 2-6cm dia; stem 5-9cm tall x 0.5-1.0cm dia. Cap: Pallid to deep orange-red, sometimes with a pinkish tinge, more saffron towards the margin; at first hemispherical then convex to flattened; dull, smooth, greasy or viscid, margin with whitish veil remnants when young: flesh orange-brown, spotting black after a time, thick. Gills: Cream then ochre to reddish-brown, spotting black where bruised, narrow, notched. Stem: Cream-coloured fibrillose scales on yellow to orange-brown background, pallid and smooth at the apex above faint ring zone. |
Spores: Light brown, smooth, ellipsoid, with no visible germ pore, 6-8 x 3.5-4.5 µm . Basidia 4 spored; cheilocystidia cylindrical to lageniform; pleurocystidia modified as chrysocystidia. Odour: Not Distinctive. Taste: Not Distinctive. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Late Summer to Autumn. |
| Qualifying criterion: 4.7: very rare species saprotrophic on dead conifer wood |
| Justification: declined by more than 50% pre- and post-1960 and recorded at only one location since 1960 |
| Threats: removal of dead wood |
| Action Required: Survey and monitoring; protection against habitat loss and degradation; site liaison and management; ecological research. |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records |
Total records: 12 |
| Earliest recording: 1938 | |
| Latest recording: 1995 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 11(1); 16(1); 89(2); 90(2); 96(4) | |
| Pre-1960: 11 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 1 records |