PHOLIOTA. 6t 



The name is derived from precox — early. 



The species seems to be cosmopolitan, since it is recorded in nearly all 

 the records on fungi, viz : Persoon, of France ; Fries, of Sweden ; Berk- 

 ley, Cook, etc., England ; Lenz and Ebighaus, of Germany. 



P. durus. Hard Pholiota. 



PiletlS, more compact than the Precox. Convex, then 

 plane, cuticle cracked, margin even, color like the Precox, only 

 paler. 



Gills, adnate, with a tooth, ventricose, livid, then brown 

 rust color. 



Stem, hard, thickened upwards and mealy. 



Ring", torn, more or less evanescent. 



Not as common as the Precox. In manured gardens. June. 



P. adiposa. Fr. Pineapple Pholiota. 



PiletlS, fleshy, convex, obtuse, very glutinous ; the scales 

 are darker than the surface, which is of a ripe pineapple color. 



Gills, broad, rounded behind, adnate, with a tooth, ferru- 

 ginous, edge white. 



Stem, equal, curved, some slightly thickened at the base, 

 brown below, yellow above. 



Ring", is generally attached to the margin of the pileus, 

 scarcely forming a ring. 



The fat pholiota, so named from the thick and heavy pileus, is a beau- 

 tiful yellow color, with darker spots, viscid when moist ; grows out of 

 rotten spots on apple trees, or any other tree which has a favorable nidus. 

 The albocrenulatus of Peck is almost similar. Specimens were found on a 

 rotten spot on an apple tree in Trexlertown. 



P. Spectabilis. Fr. The Showy Pholiota. 



Pileus, compact, convex, then plane, cuticle torn into silky 

 scales, which disappear towards the margin, fleshy ; flesh 

 pale yellow. 



