1. a gilled fungus with a cap and stalk that are conspicuously scaly with upright scales; gills develop a greenish tinge with age; [syn: Pholiota squarrosa, scaly pholiota]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scaly pholiota
n 1: a gilled fungus with a cap and stalk that are conspicuously
scaly with upright scales; gills develop a greenish tinge
with age [syn: Pholiota squarrosa, scaly pholiota]