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About tree stumps in woods. Distinguished by its attenu- 

 ated, rooting stem, almost free gills, and strong scent. 



402. Pholiota gegepita Fr. 



N.E.— Egton Bridge (P\F., 1902, 'Nat.', Nov.). 



403. Pholiota comosa Fr. 



S.W. — "Grows under the roots of trees in woods where 

 the soil is dry ... in great plenty, Oct. 1786 ... in steep 

 part of wood called Ramsden " [Hx.] (Bolton, Tab. 42). 

 Owston (F.F., 1899). 



Mid W. — Wood-yard, Selby, fine specimen (F.F., 1896). 



On beech roots, trunks, or logs. Somewhat rare. 



404. Pholiota aurivella (Batsch). 



S.W.— Northdean Wood, Hx. ('Nat.', Sep. 1892). Heath, 

 Hx. (Fl. Hx.). 



On trunks. Semi-parasitic. Rather rare. 



405. Pholiota squapposa (Miill.). 



S.W.— Wharncliffe {;■' 'Nat.', Oct. 1878), etc., etc. 



Semi-parasitic. Common on both living and dead tree- 

 trunks, chiefly ash. Distribution general. Has a preference 

 for living ash, at the trunk-base of which it often produces 

 great heaps of sporophores. It was noticed at Halifax to 

 persist in its attack upon a fine full-grown ash for eight years 

 in succession, 1889-97, (Halifax Nat., Vol. \'I. pp. 108-9), 

 when the tree finally collapsed. Has been noted at the base 

 of living laburnum trunks in several gardens here (Fl. Hx.). 



Var. Mullepi Fr. 



S.W. — Fixby (John Carter, Hud. Bot. Soc). Hudderslield 

 (F.F., 1895). ^lidgehole Wood, Hebden Bridge (Fl. Hx.). 



S.E.— Escrick (F.F., 1896). 



N.E.— Helmsley (F.F., 1903, 'Nat.', Nov.). 



406. Pholiota spectabilis Fr. 



S.W.— Storthes Hall (Hud. Bot. Soc). Edlington Woods 

 (F.F., 1891). Huddersfield (F.F., 1895). Owston and Sutton 

 (F.F., 1899). Elland and Midgley, Hx., Pecket Wood,. 

 Hebden Bridge (Fl. Hx.). 



Trans. Y.N.L'., 1904 (pub. 1904). Bot. Series, Vol. C. 



