Rhodosporse 



stem enlarged above and hairy at the base, characters not shown by our Piuteus. 

 plant. 



In our plant small young specimens sometimes have the stem solid, 

 but when fully developed it is hollow, though the cavity is small. This 

 character, with its small size, distinguishes it from P. leoninus. Peck, 

 38th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Springton Hills, Chester county, Pa., Mt. Gretna, Pa. Frequent. 

 June to frost. Mcllvaine. 



Possesses the same rare edible qualities as P. cervinus, P. umbrosus. 

 The caps, only, are tender. 



P. chrysophse'llS Schaeff. Gr. gold. Pileus 1-2 K in. across. 

 Flesh very thin except at the disk, bell-shaped then expanded, glabrous, 

 naked, slightly wrinkled, margin striate, cinnamon-color. Gills free, 

 2-3 lines broad, whitish then pale salmon-color. Stem 2-3 in. long, 

 2-3 lines thick, whitish, glabrous, equal, more or less hollow. 



On beech trunks, etc. 



Resembling P. leoninus in size, but differing in the cinnamon color of 

 the pileus, which is often obtusely umbonate. Massee. 



Spores 5/* W.P. 



Haddonfield, N. J. June to October, beech roots and trunks. Me- 

 Ilvaine. 



Excellent. 



249 



