Ochrosporae 



P. Sllbsquarro'sa Fr. sub, under; squarrosus, scurfy. (Plate LXXI, Phoiiota. 

 fig. 4, p. 268.) Pileus 2 in. and more broad, brown rust-color, with 

 darker, adpressed, floccose scales, fleshy, convex, obtuse or gibbous, 

 viscid. Stem 3 in. long, 4-5 lines thick, stuffed (often hollow when 

 old), equal, yellow-rust-color, clothed with darker scales which are 

 adpressed, or spreading only at the apex, not rough, furnished with an 

 annular zone at the apex, becoming yellow-rust-color within. Grills 

 deeply sinuate, emarginate, almost free, arcuate, crowded, at first pale 

 then dingy yellow. 



Spores rust-color. The pileus is viscid, but not glutinous like that 

 of A. adiposus. It holds a doubtful place between A. aurivellus and 

 A. squarrosus, departing from both, however, in the gills being at the 

 first yellow; and from A. squarrosus, to which it is more like, in the 

 gills being emarginato-free, not decurrent. Somewhat cespitose. Al- 

 most inodorous. Fries. 



Spores ferruginous, size not stated. 



West Philadelphia, Mt. Gretna, Pa., Haddonfield, N. J. September 

 until after frosts. Mcllvaine. 



Not previously reported. 



The maple trees in West Philadelphia frequently show large clusters 

 of it up to twenty feet from ground ; to be seen from afar after the leaves 

 have fallen. Our American species differs somewhat from the European. 

 American species : 



Pileus 1-3 in. across, fleshy, convex, very viscid, rich brownish- 

 yellow, covered with darker adpressed floccose scales. Flesh slightly 

 yellow. Gills white when very young slightly emarginate, adnexed, 

 crowded, K in. broad, brown. Stem 2-3 in. long, H in. thick, equal 

 or tapering toward base, stuffed, then hollow, covered with squamose 

 scales as far up as the slight ring, smooth above ring. Ring mem- 

 branaceous, slight. 



Spores rust-color. 



The species is variable and differs greatly in youth and maturity. 



The caps, fried in hot buttered pan, are unexcelled. 



Equally fine in croquettes and patties. 



'"'LIBRA 



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