Changeable Pholiota; Two-toned Pholiota
Width of cap: 3/4- 2 1/2 inches
Cap: Convex to flattened with a broad umbo; hygrophanous, yellowish brown to cinnamon brown, becoming yellow to ochre toward the center upon drying; surface smooth, glabrous, or with scattered whitiish fibrils toward the margin; margin obscurely striate; Flesh thin, whitish, odor and taste not distinctive, or slightly fruity.
Gills: Adnate to short decurrent, close; whitish to pale yellow at first, becoming cinnamon-brown
Stalk: Slender, often curved, equal; more or less colored like the cap, becoming darker brown toward the base; partial veil leaving a thin, fibrillose to membranous ring on the upper stalk, or often, ring soon disappearing but leaving a distinct annular zone; surface scaly below the ring, smooth or vertically lined above.
Spore Print: Cinnamon Brown
Occurrence: Often in dense clusters on stumps, logs, and near the base of dead trees, especially birch and beech and other broad-leaved trees, but also accurring less frequently on conifers; saprobic; summer-fall; occasional.
Edibility: Edible but best avoided , it is easily confused with a number of similar highly toxic species.
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