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The plants usually grow in grassy ground, lawns and gardens and 

 appear from May to July. 



Variety minor Batt. is a small form having the cap only about i inch 

 broad and the remnants of the veil adherent to the margin of the cap. It 

 is represented by figures 6 to 8. 



Variety sylvestris Pk. has the center of the cap brownish or rusty 

 brown, and grows in thin woods. It is represented by figures 9 and 10. 



Pholiota temnophylla and P. vermiflua are closely related 

 species. The former is distinguished by its dingy yellow or ochraceous cap 

 and its very broad gills, which are obliquely truncate at the inner extremity ; 

 the latter by its larger size, white and often areolate cap and later appearance. 



Pholiota adiposa Fr. 



Fat Pholiota 



PLATE 57, Jig. 12-17 



Pileus fleshy, firm, at first hemispheric or subcorneal, then convex, 

 very viscid or glutinous when moist, squamose, yellow, flesh whitish ; 

 lamellae close, adnate, yellowish, becoming ferruginous with age ; stem 

 equal or slightly thickened at the base, squamose below the slight, radiating, 

 floccose annulus, solid or stuffed; yellow, generally ferruginous at the base ; 

 spores elliptic, .0003 of an inch long, .0002 broad. 



The fat pholiota is a showy species. Its tufted mode of growth, rather 

 large size, yellow color and rusty brown scales make it a noticeable object. 

 The stem is somewhat and the cap very viscid when moist, and this viscidity 

 when dry gives it a shining appearance. The scales of the cap become 

 erect or reflexed and sometimes appear blackish at the tips. They some- 

 times disappear with age. The flesh is firm and white or whitish. The 

 gills when young are yellow or pale yellow, but when mature they assume a 

 ferruginous or rusty color, like that of the spores. The stem is similar in 

 color to the cap but paler or nearly white at the top and usually reddish 

 brown or rusty brown at the base. The collar is slight and often scarcely 

 noticeable in mature specimens. 



The cap is 2 to 4 inches broad ; the stem 2 to 4 inches long and 4 to 6 

 lines thick. The plants commonly grow in tufts on stumps or dead trunks 



