REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 8l 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 46. 



Pholiota praecox Pers. 



Early Pholiota. 



Fig I. An immature plant showing the pale color of the gills. 



Fig. 2. A mature plant with expanded cap. 



Fig. 3. Vertical section of a cap and the upper part of its stem. 



Fig, 4. Transverse section of a stem. 



Fig. 5. Four spores X 400. 



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Var minor Batt. 



6. A young plant. 



7. An immature plant with the cap partly expanded. 



8. A mature plant. 



9. Vertical section of the upper part of a young plant. 



10. Vertical section of the upper part of a mature plant. 



11. Transverse section of a stem. 



12. Four spores X 400. 



Var. sylvestris Peck. 



Fig. 13. An immature plant. 



Fig. 14. A mature plant. 



Fig. 15. Vertical section of the upper part of a plant. 



Fig. 16. Transverse section of a stem. 



Fig. 17. Four spores X 400. 



Pholiota adiposa Fr. 



Fat Pholiota. 



Fig. 18. A cluster of three plants. 



Fig. 19. A plant showing the color of the young gills. 



Fig. 20. A mature plant. 



Fig. 21. Vertical section of the upper part of a young plant. 



Fig. 22. Vertical section of the upper part of a mature plant. 



Fig. 23. Four spores X 400. 



