SOME COMMON MUSHROOMS AND HOW TO KNOW THEM 33 
PHOLIOTA ADIPOSA, FATTY PHOLIOTA, (EDIBLE) 
(Fig. 31) 
In this species the cap is firm, fleshy, subconical to convex, glutinous when 
moist, yellowish, brown in center, often torn into dark scales, margin incurved ; 
the flesh is thick at the center, spongy, yellowish; the gills are ciose, adnate, 
sometimes notched, yellowish to rust color; the stem is firm, whitish to yellow, 
viscid, clothed with brownish scales below the slight, floccose ring. 
The cap is 2 to 4 inches 
broad; the stem is 2 to 4 
inches long and 4 to 6 
lines thick. 
This species, commonly 
known as the “fatty 
Pholiota,” forms large 
clusters in the fall on 
trunks or crotches of 
trees or on stumps. It 
is a rather showy fungus, 
easily attracting atten- 
tion because of its tufted 
habit of growth, yellow 
eolor, and conspicuous 
seales. Pholiota adiposa 
is considered edible by 
American authorities, 
but it is not especially 
good. With this  par- 
ticular species it is pref- 
erable to peel the cap 
preparatory to cooking. 
The season is mostly 
confined to the fall 
months. 
PHILIOTA CAPERATA. 
WRINKLED PHOLIOTA. 
(EDIBLE) 
In this species the cap 
is fleshy, yellow to yel- 
low brown, ovate, obtuse 
or plane when expanded, 
viscid when moist, some- 
times covered with whit- 
ish tufts; the gills are 
adnate, crowded, narrow, 
may be serrate, yellowish 
brown; the stem is stout, 
solid, sometimes slightly 
enlarged at base, white 
oe eee ee FIGURD 351.—Pholiota adiposa. (Edible) 
membranaceous, broad. 
The cap is 24% to 4 inches broad; the stem is 3 to 5 inches long and one-half 
to over 1 inch thick. 
This fungus appears in the fall quite abundantly in certain localities. 
The specific name refers to the wrinkled character of the pileus, a prominent 
and constant feature of the plant. It is edible, slightly acrid when raw, but 
fairly good when cooked. 
PHOLIOTA MARGINATA. (SUSPECTED) 
In this species the cap is convex, then expanded, obtuse to plane, smooth, 
hygrophanous, slightly fleshy, tan when dry, honey colored when moist, margin 
striate; the gills are adnate, crowded, narrow, when mature reddish brown; the 
stem is hollow, equal, smooth, or slightly fibrillose ; color same as the cap, whitish 
velvety at base; ring often distant from apex of stem, soon disappearing. 
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