Fungi with Gills 



Early Pholiota Edible 



(SEE PLATE FACING PAGE 87) 

 Pholiota prcecox 



Section of P. praecox 



Cap or PileusCre&my white, 

 smooth, not shining. Very 

 thin skin. 1-2 inches. 



Stem or Stipe Creamy white, 

 rather scaly. Skin peels 

 readily. Stuffed or hollow. 

 1-5 inches long. 



Gills or Lamella Creamy white 

 when young, brown when 

 mature. Soft, close, un- 

 equal, notched at the inner 

 extremity, and attached to 

 the stem. 



Veil and Ring Stretched like a 

 drumhead from stem to mar- 

 gin of cap. Variable in 

 manner of parting. It some- 

 times separates from cap 

 margin, and forms a distinct 

 ring about the stem ; again, 

 but little remains on the 

 stem, and much on the rim 

 of the cap. 



Spores Rusty brown. 



Flesh White, solid though soft, 

 moist. Taste slightly bitter. 



Time May to July. 



Habitat Grassy ground. The 

 specimen pictured grew 

 about the roots of a poplar 

 tree in New Jersey. 



Pholiota aggericola 



(SEE PLATE FACING PAGE 74) 



Cap or Pileus Brown, shining when moist. Margin in older 

 specimens finely and closely impressed with parallel lines. 

 Cap diameter of specimen photographed, 2 inches. 



Gills or Lamella Pale brownish when young, darker brown 



Pre'.cox 



Ag-ggr-fc'-o-li 



