 "Pholiota mutabilis" (Kuehneromyces mutabilis) produces fruit bodies roughly similar in appearance and also grows on wood, but may be distinguished from "G. marginata" by its stems bearing scales up to the level of the ring, and from growing in large clusters (which is not usual of "G. marginata").However, the possibility of confusion is such that this good edible species is "not recommended to those lacking considerable experience in the identification of higher fungi.