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years previous I found a garden in Sidney, Ohio, equally filled. In the fall of 

 1905 I was asked to drive out about seven miles from Chillicothe to see a wheat- 

 field, the last of October, that was white with mushrooms. I found them to be of 

 this species. 



Only the young- plants should be used, as the older ones are a bit tough. 



Figure 210. Pholiota dura. One-half natural size. Caps tawny tan-color. 



Pholiota adiposa. Fr. 

 The Fat or Pineapple; Pholiota. Edible. 



Adiposa is from adeps, fat. The pileus is showy, deep-yellow, compact, con- 

 vex, obtuse, slightly umbonate, quite viscid when moist, shining when dry ; cuticle 

 plain or broken into scales which are dark-brown, the margin incurved ; the flesh 

 is saffron-yellow, thick at the center and thinning out toward the margin. 



The gills are firmly attached to the stem, sometimes slightly notched, close, 

 yellow, then rust-color with age. Spores elliptical, 7x3^. 



The stem is equal, stuffed, tough, thickening at the base, brown below and 

 yellow above, quite scaly. 



The beautiful appearance of the tufts or clusters in which the Pineapple 

 Pholiotas grow will attract the attention of an ordinarily unobservant beholder. 

 The scales on the cap seem to contract and rise from the surface and sometimes 



