Fungi with Gills 



Early Pholiota (Edible) 



Pholiota pra'cox 



Section of P. proecox 



Cap or Pileus — Creamy white, 

 smooth, not shining. Very 

 thin skin. 1-2 inches long. 



Stem or Stipe — Creamy white, 

 rather scaly. Skin peels 

 readily. Stuffed or hollow. 

 1-5 inches long. 



Gills or Lamellce — Creamy white 

 when young, brown when 

 mature. Soft, close, un- 

 equal, notched at the inner 

 extremity, and attached to 

 the stem. 



Veil and Ring — Stretched like a 

 drumhead from stem to mar- 

 gin of cap. Variable in 

 manner of parting. It some- 

 times separates from cap 

 margin, and forms a distinct 

 ring about the stem; again, 

 but little remains on the 

 stem, and much on the rim 

 of the cap. 



Spores — Rusty brown. 



Flesh — White, solid though soft, 

 moist. Taste slightly bitter. 



Time — May to July. 



Habitat — Grassy ground 

 specimen pictured 

 about the roots of a 

 tree in New Jersey. 



The 



grew 



poplar 



Pholiota aggericola 



(See Plate Facing Page 73) 



Cap or Pileus — Brown, shining when moist. Margin in older 

 specimens finely and closelv impressed with parallel lines. 

 Cap diameter of specimen photographed, 2 inches. 



Gills or Lamellce — Pale brownish when young, darker brown 



Pre'-cSx 



Ag-g-er-lc'-^-la 



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