Pholiota subflammans

The fruit bodies (basidiocarps) of P. subflammans are 25–32 mm in diameter. They are convex, sometimes umonate, brown, with slightly incurved margins. The gills (lamellae) are greyish, dirty white to brownish in colour, adnate to adnexed, and crowded. The stipes are 60 × 8 mm long, yellowish-brown, thinner toward the apex, fibrous, with a blackish ring left by the veil. They are described as squarrose, meaning rough and scaly. The spores are 5.5–6.5 × 3.8–4.5 µm long, smooth, and with a germ pore. The spore print is brown. The cystidia are 20–30 × 6–8 µm long. The mushroom's edibility is classified as inedible, and the taste has been described as metallic by Lazo (2001).

Pholiota subflammans is present in Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. As a saprotroph, P. subflammans decays dead organic material. Pholiota species are primarily found on decayed wood and are important wood decomposers. P. subflammans has been recorded growing on grassy and mossy soil, and on decayed wood.