REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST IQO/ 145 



Woods and open places. Adirondack and Catskill mountains. 

 August. This is closely related to the next following species, with 

 which it was united as a variety by the illustrious Frie^. It may (Ic, l'^*^ 

 be separated by its smaller size, and the slightly striate margin of 

 the pileus. 



Pholiota togularis (Bull.) Fr. 



LITTLE CLOAK PHOLIOTA 



Pileus thin, campanulate becoming nearly plane, orbicular, obtuse, 

 glabrous, even, rot striate on the margin, pale ochraceous ; lamellae 

 thin, close, adnate, ventricose, yellow becoming pale ferruginous ; 

 stem equal, hollow, slender, fibrillose, yellow at the top, brownish 

 toward the base ; spores .0003 of an inch long. 0002 broad. 



Pileus 10-15 lines broad; stem 2-3 inches long, 1-2 lines thick. 



Ground in woods. Adirondack mountains. August. This and 

 the two preceding species may yet be found to be varieties of one 

 very variable species. They are closely allied to each other but may 

 be distinguished by the characters given. 



Spores fusco-fcrruginoHS 



Pholiota angustipes Pk. 



NARROW STEM PHOLIOTA 



Pileus fleshy, hemispheric becoming convex or nearly plane, 

 slightly viscid when moist, squamulose with minute dotlike api)ressed 

 ^scales, brown or grayish brown becoming ochraceous brown or sub- 

 alutaceous, flesh whitish, taste unpleasant; lamellae thin, close, 

 sinuate, whitish or creamy yellow becoming tawny brown ; stem 

 equal or tapering downward, flexuous, stuflfcd or hollow, squamosc, 

 whitish or cinereous; spores naviculoid, .0003 of an inch long, 

 .00016-.0002 broad. 



Pileus 1-2.5 inches broad; stem 1.5-3 inches long, 2-3 lines thick. 



Cespitose. In pastures, commonly near or around old stumps. 

 Otsego and Albany counties. July to October. 



This species is related to the European Pholiota terrigena 

 Fr. and Pholiota p u net u lata Kalchb. but from both it 

 differs in the darker color of the pileus and in its slight viscidity. 

 By reason of its densely tufted mode of growth the caps are often 

 closely crowded and irregular, 



