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sometimes smoky yellow with the center or umbo brownish ; lamellae 

 close, sinuate, commonly longitudinally wrinkled when dry, grayish 

 becoming brownish ferruginous ; stem equal or thickened at the base, 

 hollow, fibrillose striate, white or whitish with a large membranous, 

 persistent, deflexed, white annulus; spores elliptic, .00035 of an inch 

 long, .00024 broad. 



Pileus 1-3 inches broad ; stem 2-4 inches long, 3-5 lines thick. 



Mossy trunks of maple trees in woods. Essex, Lewis, Otsego and 

 Schoharie counties. July to September. 



This species may be easily recognized by its well developed annu- 

 lus, its rugosely reticulate or pitted pileus and the rugosely wrinkled 

 lamellae of the dried plant. The reticulations of the surface of the 

 pileus usually disappear in drying. When growing in much decayed 

 wood white strings of mycelium develop in the wood. 



Pholiota discolor Pk. 

 FADING PHOLIOTA 



Pileus thin, convex becoming nearly plane or slightly depressed, 

 glabrous, viscid, hygrophanous, cinnamon rufous and striatulate on 

 the margin when moist, bright ochraceous yellow when dry ; lamellae 

 narrow, close, pallid or whitish becoming ferruginous; stem equal, 

 hollow, fibrillose, whitish or pallid, sometimes with a white mycelioid 

 tomentum at the base, the annulus distinct, persistent ; spores elliptic, 

 .0003 of an inch long, .0002 broad. 



Pileus S-16 lines broad; stem 1.5-3 inches long, about i line 

 thick. 



Single or cespitose. Decaying wood and prostrate trunks of trees 

 in woods. Not rare. July to October. 



The change of color from the moist to the dry state is well 

 marked. The color of the pileus is similar to that of the next fol- 

 lowing species but the viscid pileus separates it. Pholiota dis- 

 color caespitosa Pk. is a mere form, unworthy of being 

 considered a variety. 



Pholiota autumnalis Pk. 



AUTUMN PHOLIOTA 

 A g a r i c u s ( N a u c o r i a ) a u t u 111 n a 1 i s Pk. State Cab. Rcp't 23. p. 92. 



Pileus fleshy but thin, convex, hygrophanous, cinnamon rufous 

 and striatulate on the margin when moist, dingy yellow when dry; 



