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The pileus is a maize-yellow in its bright-colored forms and varies 
toa pale straw color or Naples yellow (R.) in the vernal forms. The 
gills are at first white and later become tinged with the same color. 
The stem and inner veil or annulus are also tinged with pale straw 
é 3. 4.—Section of plant showing pendent veil and loose cottony fundamental 
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Sue between it and the stem. 
Color. The volva is thick, stout, and white, though in age it becomes 
More or less soiled and tinged with yellowish brown. The pileus is 
broadly rounded in the young plants, becoming broadly convex to 
Plane, or in old plants the margin may become elevated, thus giving 
the pileus ; 
Pileus a depressed appearance. 
