Pholiota Adiposa

Common Names: Chestnut Mushroom

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Pholiota adiposa is a slimy, scaly, yellow-brown mushroom. It is edible, and found in North America, Europe, and Asia. It grows parasitically or saprotrophically, most often on beech species, fruiting in bunches between August and November. Several compounds produced by this mushroom, for example methyl gallate, are of interest for their medicinal properties.

Flavors

Mild

Mild flavor with a slightly sweet aftertaste

Textures

Smooth

Smooth texture when cooked

Fragrances

Earthy

A rich, earthy aroma

Physical Characteristics

Caps:

Yellow-brown, slimy, scaly

Gills:

Not specified

Look Alike Species

	Specie:	Differences:
	Pholiota squarrosa Edibility: Inedible	Pholiota squarrosa has a more scaly cap and stem compared to the smooth cap of Pholiota adiposa.

Specie:

Pholiota squarrosa

Edibility:

Inedible

Differences:Pholiota squarrosa has a more scaly cap and stem compared to the smooth cap of Pholiota adiposa.

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References

Identification, biological characteristics and domestication of wild mushroom Pholiota adiposa

Pholiota adiposa is an important edible and medicinal mushroom with high nutritional effects. The fruiting body of wild fungi collected from Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, was identified by morphological description molecular identification, the biological characteristics domestication fungus determined single factor orthogonal tests.

2023

Pholiota nameko: A review of its nutritional and medicinal properties

This research article discusses the nutritional and medicinal properties of Pholiota nameko.

2015