REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST KJO"/ 1 45 



Woods and open places. Adirondack and Catskill mountains. 

 August. This is closely related to the next following species, with 

 which it was united as a variety by the illustrious Fries. It may 

 be separated by its smaller size, and the slightly striate margin of 

 the pileus. 



Pholiota togularis (Bull.) Fr. 



LITTLE CLOAK PHOLIOTA 



Pileus thin, campanulate becoming nearly plane, orbicular, obtuse, 

 glabrous, even, rot striate on the margin, pale ochraceous ; lamellae 

 thin, close, adnate, ventricose, yellow becoming pale ferruginous; 

 stem equal, hollow, slender, fibrillose, yellow at the top, brownish 

 toward the base ; spores .0003 of an inch long. 0002 broad. 



Pileus 10-15 lines broad; stem 2-3 inches long, 1-2 lines thick. 



Ground in woods. Adirondack mountains. August. This and 

 the two preceding species may yet be found to be varieties of one 

 very variable species. Th^y are closely allied to each other but may 

 be distinguished by the characters given. 



Spores fusco-ferruginous 



Pholiota angustipes Pk. 



NARROW STEM PHOLIOTA 



Pileus fleshy, hemispheric becoming convex or nearly plane, 

 slightly viscid when moist, squamulose with minute dotlike appressed 

 scales, brown or grayish brown becoming ochracecais brown or sub- 

 alutaceous, flesh whitish, taste unpleasant ; Tamellae thin, close, 

 sinuate, whitish or creamy yellow becoming tawny brown ; stem 

 equal or tapering downward, flexuous, stuffed or hollow, squamose, 

 whitish or cinereous; spores naviculoid, .0003 of an inch long, 

 .00016-.0002 broad. 



Pileus 1-2.5 inches broad; stem 1.5-3 ii^chcs long, 2-3 lines thick. 



Cespitose. In pastures, commonly near or around old stumps. 

 Otsego and Albany counties. July to October. 



This species is related to the luiropcan Pholiota t c r r i g e n a 

 Fr. and Pholiota p u n c t u 1 a t a Kalchb. but from both it 

 differs in the darker color of the pileus and in its slight viscidity. 

 By reason of its densely tufted mode of growth the caps are often 

 closely crowded and irregular. 



