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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  flavor 
  was 
  satisfactory 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  deemed 
  worthy 
  of 
  a 
  

   place 
  in 
  our 
  edible 
  list 
  even 
  though 
  the 
  European 
  plant 
  has 
  been 
  

   published 
  by 
  some 
  writer's 
  as 
  poisonous. 
  

  

  Pholiota 
  vermiflua 
  Pk. 
  

   WORMY 
  PHOLIOTA 
  

   PLATE 
  $6. 
  EIG. 
  13-20 
  

  

  Pileus 
  convex 
  or 
  nearly 
  plane, 
  glabrous 
  or 
  occasionally 
  floccose 
  

   squamose 
  on 
  the 
  margin, 
  sometimes 
  areolate 
  rimose 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  

   white, 
  occasionally 
  slishtlv 
  tinned 
  with 
  vellow: 
  lamellae 
  close, 
  

   adnexed. 
  white 
  becoming 
  ferruginous 
  brown, 
  generally 
  minutely 
  

   eroded 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  : 
  stem 
  hollow, 
  equal, 
  striated 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  white, 
  

   the 
  annulus 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  floccose 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  surface, 
  lacerated 
  

   or 
  evanescent, 
  white: 
  spores 
  elliptic, 
  ferruginous 
  brown, 
  .0005 
  of 
  

   an 
  inch 
  long. 
  .0003 
  broad. 
  

  

  The 
  wormy 
  pholiota 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  early 
  pholiota, 
  

   from 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  separated 
  by 
  'its 
  larger 
  size, 
  thicker 
  flesh, 
  

   stouter 
  stem, 
  whiter 
  color 
  and 
  the 
  tendency 
  of 
  its 
  pileus 
  to 
  crack 
  

   into 
  areas 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  liable 
  to 
  be 
  infested 
  by 
  the 
  

   larvae 
  of 
  insects 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  suggestive 
  of 
  the 
  specific 
  name. 
  

  

  The 
  cap 
  in 
  the 
  young 
  plant 
  is 
  very 
  convex 
  or 
  hemispheric 
  but 
  

   with 
  advancing 
  age 
  it 
  expands 
  and 
  becomes 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  plane. 
  

   The 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  often 
  cracks 
  into 
  areas 
  giving 
  it 
  

   a 
  scaly 
  appearance. 
  It 
  also 
  sometimes 
  splits 
  on 
  the 
  margin. 
  It 
  

   is 
  smooth 
  or 
  occasionally 
  slightly 
  floccose 
  scaly 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  

   from 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  veil. 
  The 
  flesh 
  is 
  white. 
  The 
  gills 
  are 
  

   at 
  first 
  white 
  but 
  they 
  become 
  rusty 
  brown 
  with 
  age. 
  They 
  are 
  

   closely 
  placed, 
  excavated 
  at 
  the 
  stem 
  end 
  and 
  often 
  whitish 
  and 
  

   minutely 
  eroded 
  on 
  the 
  edge. 
  The 
  stem 
  is 
  nearly 
  cylindric. 
  hollow, 
  

   smooth, 
  white 
  and 
  often 
  striated 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  Its 
  collar 
  is 
  also 
  

   white, 
  somewhat 
  floccose 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  surface, 
  often 
  slight, 
  lacer- 
  

   ated 
  and 
  disappearing 
  in 
  mature 
  plants, 
  leaving 
  the 
  stem 
  without 
  

   a 
  collar. 
  

  

  The 
  cap 
  is 
  2-4 
  inches 
  broad 
  : 
  the 
  stem 
  2-3 
  inches 
  long, 
  3-5 
  lines 
  

   thick. 
  The 
  plants 
  are 
  usually 
  found 
  in 
  rich 
  soil 
  in 
  grain 
  fields, 
  

  

  ate 
  places 
  and 
  about 
  manure 
  piles 
  and 
  occur 
  from 
  June 
  to 
  

   August. 
  When 
  sound 
  and 
  well 
  cooked 
  the 
  flavor 
  is 
  excellent 
  and 
  

   the 
  mushroom 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  addition 
  to 
  our 
  table 
  delicacies. 
  

  

  