62 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



rent by a tooth, rust-colored, narrow, crowded ; s p o r e s yellow to rust-colored, 

 ellipsoid, 7-8 X +-5/J,. Tlie name refers to the spreading scales. 



In dense clusters nn stumps or tree trunks, rarely on the ground near stumps, 

 Juh' to frost : the caps are good, both raw and cooked. 



FlC.LRE 37. PHOLIOr,\ .\I)II'(1S.\ 



Pholiota subsquarrosa Scaly Pholiota 



Cap medium, ,s-10 cm. wide. l)ro\vnish rust-color, somewhat sticky, with close 

 darker scales, bell-shai-ied to con-\-e.\ ; stem 6-8 cm. by 8-10 mm., yellowish rust- 

 color, with darker flattened scales below the zone-like ring, stuffed or hollow; gills 



