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Pholiota howeana Pk. 

 HOWE PHOLIOTA 



Pileus convex becoming nearly plane, fragile, smooth, subumbo- 

 nate, yellowish, sometimes darker in tHe center; lamellae thin, close, 

 rounded behind, eroded on the edge, whitish becoming ferruginous 

 brown ; stem equal or '^lightly thickened at the base, glabrous, hollow, 

 colored like the pileus; spores .0003-.0004 of an inch long, .0002- 

 .00024 broad. 



Pileus 1-3 inches broad ; stem 2-4 inches long, 2-4 lines thick. 



Ground in woods and bushy places. Adirondack mountains, 

 Albany and Sullivan counties. June, July and August. This 

 species v.as formerly referred doubtfully to the genus Stropharia, 

 but it now seems better to put it in Pholiota. 



Pholiota johnsoniana Pk. 



JOHNSON PHOLIOTA 



Pileus fleshy, soft, brittle, broadly convex or nearly plane, glab- 

 rous, thin on the margin and sometimes striatulate when moist, 

 yellowish in the center, whitish on the margin, sometimes wholly 

 yellowish, flesh white, flavor agreeable ; lamellae thin, close, rounded 

 behind, slightly adnexed, whitish becoming rusty brown ; stem equal, 

 glabrous, solid, slightly striate at the top, the annulus thick, white ; 

 spores brown with a slight ferruginous tint, .00024-.0003 of an inch 

 long, .00016-.0002 broad. 



Pileus 2-4 inches broad; stem 1.5-3 inches long, 3-5 lines thick. 



Grassy ground in pastures. Not common. Albany and Essex 

 counties. 'September. 



The spores of this species have such a decidedly brown hue that 

 the species was thought to belong to the genus Stropharia. But in 

 a good light a slight rusty tint can be detected. It is therefore 

 placed with the brownish ferruginous spored species of Pholiota. 



Pholiota vermifiua Pk. 



WORMY PHOLIOTA 



State Mus. Bnl. 7.S. p. 32, pl.86, fig.12-20. 



Pileus convex or nearly plane, glabrous or sometimes floccose on 

 the margin, commonly rimose areolate, specially in the center, white. 



