Ochrosporae 



P. flam'mans Fr. flamma, flame. PileilS 2-4 in. broad, yellow- Phoiiota. 

 tawny, fleshy, convex then plane, somewhat umbonate, absolutely dry, 

 sprinkled with superficial, pilose, somewhat concentric, paler or sulplmr- 

 yellow, rough or curly scales; margin at first inflexed, then spread when 

 larger. Flesh thin, light yellow. Stem 3 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, 

 stuffed then hollow, equal, most frequently flexuous, very light yellow 

 as are also the crowded rough scales. Ring membranaceous, entire, 

 not far removed from the pileus, of the same color. Gills adnate and 

 without a tooth, somewhat thin, crowded, at the first bright sulphur- 

 yellow, at length rust-color, edge quite entire. 



Pileus by no means hygrophanous. It is distinguished from all others 

 by the sulphur-yellow scales on the tawny pileus. Forming small clusters. 

 Inodorous. The ring is sometimes only indicated by an annular zone. 

 Fries. 



Spores ellipsoid, 4x2^ K.; ellipsoid, 3-4x2-2.5^ C.B.P.; 4x2^ 

 W.P.; 8x4/A Massee. . 



Quite plentiful in the New Jersey pines, from October until after 

 heavy frosts. Caps seldom over 3 in. across. Solitary, and in clusters 

 of not over half a dozen. 



The caps fried are delicious. 



P. luteofo'lia Pk. luteus, yellow; folium, a leaf. Pileus firm, con- 

 vex, dry, scaly, fibrillose on the margin, pale-red or yellowish. La- 

 niellse broad, subdistant, emarginate, serrate on the edge, yellow, be- 

 coming bright rust-color. Stem firm, fibrillose, solid, colored like the 

 pileus, often curved from the place of growth. Ring; obsolete. Spores 

 bright rust-color, 7x4/1,. 



Plant subcespitose, 2-3 in. high. Pileus 1-2 in. broad. Stem 3-5 

 lines thick. 



Trunks of birch trees. Forestburgh. September. 



The general appearance of this plant is like A. variegatus or reddish 

 forms of A. multipunctus. The reddish color appears sometimes to 

 fade with age. Peck, 2 7th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Eagle's Mere, Pa. In clusters, on birch trees. August, 1898. Mc- 

 Ilvaine. 



Grows in quantity in the birch forests. The caps are delicious. 



277 



