Rusty-spored Series 
GENUS CHITONIA 
One American species is reported in this genus, Clarkeinde 
plana, from Nebraska. The spores are brown, and the stem has 
a volva at the base, but no ring. 
GENUS PHOLIOTA 
The members of this genus have rusty spores, and an annulus 
on the stem. There are about twenty known species, and 
some of these are edible. 
Fat Pholiota (Edible) 
Pholiota adiposa (See Prats Factne Pace 61) 
Cap or Pileus—Showy, deep yellow, 
with little scales of reddish 
brown. Fleshy, firm. At first 
hemispherical, then convex. 
Sticky when moist, shiny when 
dry. 2-4 inches broad. 
Stem or Stipe—Stem yellow, gener- 
ally rusty at the base. Equal in 
diameter, or slightly thickened 
at the base. Stuffed or solid. Section of P, adiposa 
Tough. 
Gills or Lamelle—Yellowish, becoming rusty; close, and at- 
tached to the stem. 
Ring or Annulus—Slightly radiating, woolly. 
Spores—Rusty brown. 
Zime—September to November. 
flabitat—tIn tufts, on stumps or dead trunks of trees. 
Pholiota limonella, \emon-yellow pholiota, has a smaller, 
thinner, and more expanded cap, of a lighter yellow, with white 
gills. 
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