DESCRIPTIONS OF FUNGI. 97 



Yellow or Orange. 



when cut. Tubes free, white, afterward yel- 

 low ; mouths small, round. Tubes change also 

 to a bluish-green when bruised. Stem 2 to 

 4 inches long, ^ to y 2 inch thick, swollen in 

 the middle (ventricose), covered with a bloom 

 (pruinose), stuffed and then hollow, tapering 

 toward the apex, colored like the cap. This is 

 a very easy Boletus to distinguish from others, 

 and interesting to the beginner on account of 

 the striking and beautiful change of color. 

 Found in hemlock and pine woods toward the 

 end of August. 



PHOLIOTA ADIPOSA = fat. 

 The Stout Pholiota. 



Cap bright yellowish or orange color, 3 to 

 7 inches broad, convex, then flattened, gibbous, 

 that is, more convex on one side than on the 

 other ; viscid, covered with woolly (floccose) 

 scales, which often separate. Flesh whitish. 

 Stem 3 to 6 inches long, y 2 to 1 inch thick, 

 solid, large at base, first white and then light 

 yellow, with darker scales. Ring yellow, and 

 then ironrust color (ferruginous.) Gills ad- 



nate, slightly rounded, broad at first, yellow 



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