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Pholiota aggericola Pk. 

 BROWN PHOLIOTA 



Pileus fleshy, convex becoming nearly plane or slightly depressed 

 in the center by the upcurving of the margin, glabrous, viscid when 

 moist and slightly striatulate on the margin, brown or blackish 

 brown, sometimes darker in the center; lamellae subdistant, sinuate, 

 decurrent with a tooth, pallid or grayish becoming rusty brown; 

 stem equal or slightly tapering upward, fibrous, solid, colored like 

 or a little paler than the pileus, whitish above the membranous 

 annulus ; spores elliptic, .0004-.0005 of an inch long, .00024 broad. 



Pileus 1-2 inches broad; stem 1.5-3 inches long, 2-4 lines thick. 



Banks by roadsides and among fallen leaves in woods. Albany 

 county and Adirondack mountains. July to October. The pileus 

 sometimes fades to a rusty brown hue. 



P. aggericola retirugis Pk. Pileus rugosely reticu- 

 lated. 



Pholiota indecens Pk. is probably not distinct from this 

 species, it differing in its dry pileus. This possibly was due to its 

 being collected in a dry time. It has been collected but once. 



Pholiota temnophylla Pk. 



CUT GILLED PHOLIOTA 



Pileus fleshy, hemispheric becoming convex, smooth, ochraceous 

 yellow ; lamellae very broad, adnexed, obliquely truncate at the inner 

 extremity, brownish ferruginous ; stem equal, glabrous, hollow, 

 white, the annulus well developed, membranous, white ; spores 

 brownish ferruginous, broadly elliptic, .0004-.0005 of an inch long, 

 .0003-.00035 broad. 



Pileus 1-2 inches broad ; stem 2-4 inches long, 2-4 lines thick. 



Grassy ground by roadsides. Rensselaer county. June. 



In color this species resembles Naucoria semiorbicul- 

 aris (P>ull.) Fr. but its annulus at once separates it from that. 

 It also approaches Pholiota prae co x (Pers.) Fr. in some 

 respects, but its large size and peculiar broad lamellae are distin- 

 guishing characters. Jt has been found but once. 



