150 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Pholiota adiposa Fr. 



FAT PHOLIOTA 

 State Mus. Mem. 4. p. 160, pi. 57, tig. 12-17. 



• Pileus fleshy, firm, hemispheric or broadly conic becoming convex, 

 viscid or glutinous, squamose, yellow, flesh whitish ; lamellae close, 

 adnate, yellow or yellowish becoming ferruginous ; stem equal or 

 slightly thickened at the base, solid or stuffed, squamose, yellow or 

 sometimes reddish or tawny toward the base, the annulus slight, 

 floccose, fugacious ; spores elliptic, .0003 of an inch long, .cxx>2 broad. 



Pileus 1-4 inches broad ; stem 2-4 inches long, 3-6 lines thick. 



Single or cespitose. Stumps and dead trunks of trees in or near 

 woods. Not rare. September to November. Edible. 



The scales of the pileus are easily separable and sometimes dis- 

 appear with age. They are generally more highly colored than the 

 pileus. The annulus is often absent in mature specimens and by no 

 means conspicuous in young ones. 



Pholiota limonella Pk. 



LEMON COLORED PHOLIOTA 



Pileus thin, convex or nearly plane, sometimes umbonate, viscid, 

 squamose, lemon yellow ; lamellae narrow, close, roimded behind, 

 adnexed, whitish becoming ferruginous ; stem equal, solid, squamose 

 with recurved scales, smooth above the lacerated annulus, colored 

 like or a little paler than the pileus ; spores elliptic, .0003-.00035 of^ 

 an inch long, .0002-.00024 broad. 



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



Cespitose. Prostrate trunks of beech, Fagus americana 

 vSweet, in woods. Delaware county. September. This is a very 

 beautiful species of pholiota, but it is as rare as it is beautiful. It 

 has been found but once. It is easily distinguished from its allies 

 by its bright lemon yellow color. 



Pholiota squarrosoides Pk. 



SHARP SCALE PHOLIOTA 



State Mus. Mem. 54. p. 183, pi. "jz, fig- 6-15. 



Pileus fleshy, firm, subglobose when young, then convex, viscid, 

 squamose, the scales terete, erect, pointed, tawny, densely crowded 

 in the center, scattered toward the margin, there revealing the whitish 



