OCHRE-SPORED AGARICS. 



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stem is stuffed, later tlstulose, e\en, fra^iile, striate often above the 

 aniuilus. The stem is whitish or sometimes flesh color. The veil is 

 whitish, lar^ie, frail, and sometimes breai\S away from the stem and 

 clings in shreds to the margin of the cap. 



Figure 142 is from plants (No. 2362, C. U. herbarium) collected 

 on the campus of Cornell University, June, 1898. The taste is often 

 slightly bitter. 



Pholiota marKinata Batsch. — This is one of the very common species, 

 a small one, occurring all during the autumn, on decaying trunks, etc., 

 in the woods. The plants are usually clustered, though appearing 

 also singly. They are from 4-10 cm. high, the cap 3-4 cm. broad, 

 and the stem 3-5 /t< in thickness. 



The pileus is con- 

 vex, then plane, tun 

 or leather colored, 

 darker when dry. It 

 has a watery appear- 

 ance (hygrophanus), 

 somewhat fleshy, 

 smooth, striate on 

 the margin. The 

 gills are joined 

 squarely to the stem, 

 crowded, at maturity 

 dark reddish brown 

 from the spores. 



The stem is cy- 

 lindrical, equal, smooth, tlstulose, of the same color as the pileus, 

 becoming darker, and often with whitish fibrils at the base. The 

 annuius is distant from the apex of the stem, and often disappears 

 soon after the expansion of the pileus. Figure 143 is from plants 

 (No. 2743, C. U. herbarium) collected near Ithaca. 



Pholiota unicolor \ ahl, is a smaller plant which grows in similar 

 situations. The plants are usually clustered, 3-5 cm. high, and the 

 caps 6-12 mm. in diameter, the annuius is thin but entire and per- 

 sistent. The entire plant is bay brown, becoming ochraceous in 

 color, and the margin of the cap in age is striate, first bell-shaped, 

 then convex and somewhat umbonate. The gills are lightl\- 

 adnexed. 



Pholiola adiposa Fr. — The fatt\' pholiota usually forms large clus- 

 ters durmg the autumn, on the trunks of trees, stumps, etc. It is 

 sometimes of large size, measuring up to 15 cm. and the pileus up to 



Ftglrk i4j. — rii.jlioia luaigiurtta. Cap and stem tan o 

 leather color, gills dark reddish brown when mature (naturj 

 size). Copyright 1900. 



