Ochrosporae 



PHOLIO'TA Fr. 



Gr. a scale. 



PileuS more or less fleshy. Gills adnate, with or without a decur- Phoiiota. 

 rent tooth, tawny or rust colored at maturity from the spores. Flesh - 

 of stem continuous with that of the pileus. Ring distinct, interwoven. 

 Spores sepia-brown, bright yellowish-brown or light red. 



Generally on wood, sometimes on the ground in damp moss, fre- 

 quently densely cespitose. Some of the species are large and bright 

 colored. Distinguished from all other genera of the brown-spored 

 series by the possession of a distinct ring. In Cortinarius the veil and 

 ring are web-like. 



Stevenson notes in his description of the genus: "None are to be 

 commended as edible." My investigation shows that there are several 

 delicious species, notably P. squarrosa and subsquarrosa. Their late- 

 ness and plentifulness make them valuable food fungi. I have nothing 

 but praise for the entire genus. 



ANALYSIS OF TRIBES. 



A. HUMIGENI (Immus, ground; gigno, to bear). Page 270. 



On the ground, rarely cespitose. 



* Eudermini. Gr. well; dermini, the brown-spored series. 

 Spores ferruginous. 



** Phaeoti. Gr. dusky. 

 Spores dusky rust-colored. 



B. TRUNCIGENI (truncus, a trunk; gigno, to bear). Page 273. 



On wood ; subcespitose. 



* yEgeritini. P. cegerita, the type of the section. 



Pileus naked, not scaly, sometimes cracked. Gills pallid, then red- 

 dish or dusky. None known to be edible. 

 ** Squamosi squama, a scale. 

 Pileus scaly, not hygrophanous. Gills becoming discolored. 



* Gills not becoming purely rust-colored. 

 ** Gills yellow, then rust-color or tawny. 

 *** Hygrophani. Gr. moist; to appear. 

 Gills cinnamon, not at first yellow. 



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