PHOLIOTA. 63 



Stem, three to six inches high, fibrillose, squarrose, with 

 reflexed scales, saffron yellow. 



Ring, membraneous, rather heavy, with a slimy coat. 

 Frequent on rotten logs late in fall. 



P. marginatus. 



Pileus, fleshy, convex, smooth, hygrophanous, brown, 

 becoming pale, first around the margin, then the whole of the 

 pileus ; margin thin, striated. 



Gills, adnate, crowded, watery, cinnamon colored. 



Stem, fistulous, soft, not scaly, pruinose above the fuga- 

 cious ring. 



The marginate Pholiota grows abundantly on damp, rotten logs ; it is 

 one of our visitors, and lasts till late in fall. Common in the damp 

 thickets. 



P. aeruginosa. Pk. 



Pileus, convex, glabrous greenish, spotted with brown, 

 slightly rinosa-areolate, flesh pale-green, one-half to two inches. 



Gills, broad, rounded behind, adnate, ochraceous when 

 young, becoming bright ferruginous. 



Stem, solid, fribrillose, sulphur yellow. 



Spores, copious, bright ferruginous. 



Found on a railroad tie on the Catasauqua & Fogelsville railroad, near 

 Trexlertown. Named by Prof. Peck. 



P. curvipes. Fr. 



Dead trunks of young trees. August. Our specimens have 

 the lamellae floccose-crenate on the edge. — Peck' s Reports. 



The crooked-stem Pholiota is found growing on old logs late in 

 autumn. The description of the typical species has the crooked stipe 

 not as long. It generally prefers hemlock lumber to grow on, but is 

 found to take hold of even the hardest timber. 



