REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I907 153 



A variable and showy species growing chiefly in dense tufts. The 

 scales of the pileus give it a very rough appearance, specially in the 

 young plant. 



Pholiota flammans Fr. 



YELLOW SCALE PHOLIOTA 



Pileus fleshy, thin, convex becoming nearly plane, dry, sometimes 

 umbonate, yellow or tawny yellow, adorned with paler yellow super- 

 ficial scales, flesh yellowish ; lamellae thin, close, rounded behind, 

 adnexed, yellow becoming ferruginous ; stem equal, straight or 

 flexuous, squamulose, stuffed or hollow, yellow ; spores minute, 

 elliptic, .00016-.0002 of an inch long, .00012-.00015 broad. 



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



Decaying wood and prostrate trunks of trees in woods. Adiron- 

 dack mountains. August and September. 



The yellow scale pholiota is one of our most beautiful species. 

 Its deep yellow or tawny pileus adorned with the paler sulfur 

 colored delicate scales is an attractive sight. The plants grow singly 

 or in tufts. 



Pholiota comosa Fr. 



HAIRY PHOLIOTA 



Pileus fleshy, firm, convex, obtuse, viscid, squamose with hairy 

 or floccose superficial separable white scales, tawny, flesh compact, 

 white ; lamellae broad, slightly decurrent, white becoming brownish 

 clay color ; stem somewhat bulbous at first, becoming elongated with 

 age, often curved, solid, fibrillose, whitish, the annulus floccose, 

 soon disappearing; spores brownish ferruginous, elliptic, .0003-.0004 

 of an inch long, .0002-.00024 broad. 



Pileus 3-4 inches broad; stem 2-4 inches long, 6-12 lines thick. 



Decaying wood of deciduous trees. Monroe county. 



The hairy pholiota is a rare species in our State. The locality 

 given is the only one in which the species has been found in our 

 limits. It is doubtful if the variety alba Pk. [State Mus. Rep't 38, 

 p. 86] belongs to it. It neither agrees in color nor in the size of 

 the spores with the typical form. The specimen from Pittsford, 

 Monroe co. is paler than the European plant but in other respects 

 it shows the specific characters. The bulbous base of the stem 

 is a prominent and peculiar character, tapering gradually into the 

 stem above and having an abrupt short radicating point below. 



