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hues. The gills are whitish when the cap first opens, but they soon 

 change to a rusty-brown hue in consequence of the ripening of the spores. 

 They are excavated at the inner extremity and slightly attached to the 

 stem. They are ventricose when the cap is fully expanded. The stem 

 is rather slender, nearly or quite straight and soon smooth and hollow. 

 It is pale or whitish, and usually furnished with a small collar. Some- 

 times the collar is slight and disappears with age and sometimes the frag- 

 ments of the veil remain attached to the margin of the cap leaving nothing 

 for a collar. 



The cap is i to 2 inches broad, the stem 1.5 to 3 inches long, 2 to 2.5 

 lines thick. 



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 one inch 

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

 It is represented by figures 6 to 12. 



Variety sylvesh'is Peck has the center of the cap brownish or rusty- 

 brown, and grows in thin woods. It is represented by figures 13 to 17. 



Fholiota temjwphylla 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 46. Figs. 18-23.) 



Pileus fleshy, firm, at first hemispherical or subconical, then convex, 

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

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

 equal or slightly thickened at the base, squamose below the slight radiat- 

 ing floccose annulus, solid or stuffed, yellow, generally ferruginous at the 

 base; spores elliptical, .0003 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 sometimes disappear with age. The flesh is firm and white or 

 whitish. The gills when young are yellow or pale yellow, but when 



