144 Pholiota. 



exp. dry, rusty saffron, with darker concentric, squarrose, revolute 

 scales; g. narrow, pallid olive then rusty; s. 611 cm. squarrosely 

 scaly up to ring ; sp. 8x4. 



var. Mulleri, Fr. P. obtuse, pallid, adpressedly scaly, moist; 

 g. fuscescent. 



var. refiexa, Schaeff. P. thin, cuspidately umbonate, scaly ; s. 

 partly hollow, long, equal. 



var. verruculosa, Lasch. P. compact, obtuse, yellow, papillate 

 scales crowded, cinnamon ; s. villosely squamulose. 



[humicola, Quel. P. cam pan. convex, pale yellow, spotted ; g. 

 yellow ; s. slender, fistulose, yellowish, spotted ; sp. 11 12 long. 



Probably a var. of Pholiota squarrosa. 



subsquarrosa, Fr. P. 3 5 cm. convex, viscid, rusty brown with 

 darker adpressed floccose scales ; g. almost free, crowded, yellow then 

 dingy tan ; s. 5 8 cm. rusty yellow, with darker scales up to zone of 

 ring; sp. . 



Differs from P. squarrosa in nearly free g. 



[djakovensis, Schulz. P. pulvinate-umb. fleshy, edge for a long 

 time bent down, golden, darker and adpressed scaly at disc, very 

 viscid in rain ; g. crowded, free, tan then purple-brown, edge entire ; 

 s. somewhat rooting, ascending, subbulbous, scaly up to ring, colour of 

 p. ; sp. 4 5 long. 



[fusca, Q- P- 5 8 cin. convex, umb. viscid, brown with buff 

 flecks near the edge ; g. pale then lilac, at length brown ; s. fibrous- 

 fleshy, curved, subbulbous, yellowish-white, apex pulverulent, covered 

 with fine flecks below the floccose annular zone ; sp. 13 long. 



ff Gills yellow then pure rusty or tawny. 



spectabilis, Fr. P. 7 12 cm. compact, exp. dry, bright tawny 

 orange then paler, broken up into fibrous scales; g. adnato-decur. 

 crowded, narrow, yellow then rusty ; s. 6 9 cm. solid, ventricose, 

 rooting, ring inf. ; sp. 9 x 4. 



A destructive parasite on timber trees. 



[villosa, Fr. P. exp. dry, everywhere floccosely villose, yellow 

 tawny ; g. narrow, yellow ; s. elongated, stout, fibrillose, base thickened, 

 yellow, ring narrow, entire. 



adiposa, Fr. P. 4 9 cm. exp. yellow, glutinous, with darker, 

 concentric, deciduous scales ; g. adnate, broad ; s. 7 14 cm. sub- 

 bulbous, yellow, with darker glutinous squamules ; sp. 7 x 3 4. 



An injurious parasite to beech and ash. 



lucifera, Fr. P. 2 4 cm. exp. then umb. viscid, yellow with 

 darker adpr. deciduous scales ; g. crenulate, narrow ; s. 3 5 cm. 

 equal, rather squamulose, base rusty, ring inf. ; sp. 8 10 x 5 6. 



[violacea, Vogl. P. convex, viscid, violet, disc darkest; g. 

 arcuato-decur. brownish, edge eroded; s. dark violet, ring distant, 

 violet. 



flammans, Fr. P. 2 5 cm. exp. subumb. dry, tawny with super- 



