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sometimes slightly tinged with yellow, flesh white; lamellae close, 

 adnexed, white becoming ferruginous brown, generally minutely 

 eroded on the edge; stem equal, hollow, striate at the top, white, 

 the white annulus more or less floccose on the lower surface, lacer- 

 ated, often evanescent; spores .0005 of an inch long, .cx)03 broad. 



Pileus 2-4 inches broad; stem 2-3 inches long, 3-5 lines thick. 



Rich soil in grain fields, waste places and about manure heaps. 

 Albany, Essex and Monroe counties. June, July and August. 

 Edible. 



Erom the early pholiota, to which it is related, it may be sep- 

 arated by its larger size, thicker flesh, stouter stem, whiter color 

 and by the gre-iter tendency of the surface of the pileus to crack 

 into areas. 



Pholiota praecox (Pers.) Fr. 

 EARLY PHOLIOTA 



State Mus. Mem. 4. p. 159, pi. 57, fig.i-S- 



Pileus convex or nearly plane, soft, glabrous, whitish, often tinged 

 with yellow or tan color, flesh white; lamellae thin, close, adnexed, 

 whitish becoming brownish or rusty brown ; stem slender, equal, 

 glabrous or slightly mealy when young, stuffed or hollow, whitish, 

 the annulus white, entire, sometimes fugacious ; spores .0004-0005 

 of an inch long, .00024-.0003 broad. 



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



Grassy ground, lawns, etc. Common. May to July. Edible. 



Pholiota praecox minor (Batt.) Pileus scarcely more 

 than I inch broad, its margin appendiculate with the remains of the 

 veil, annulus generally wanting. Grassy places. State Mus. Mem. 

 4, p. 160, pl.57, fig. 6-8. 



Pholiota praecox sylvestris Pk. Pileus convex, 

 glabrous, whitish, brown or rusty brown in the center. In thin 

 woods. State Mus. Mem. 4, p. 160, pi. 57, fig. 9-1 1. 



Pholiota duroides n. sp. 



HARDISH PHOLIOTA 



Pileus thin, convex becoming nearly plane, glabrous or slightly 

 rimose squamoie in the center, varying in color from creamy white 

 to ochraceous buff either wholly or in the center only, flesh white, 

 taste mild; lamellae thin, close, narrow, adnexed, sometimes broadly 



