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typical Pholiota dura, show that they belong to this group. 
They differ from the usual forms in the long equal stems 
sometimes curved at the base and the wholly appendiculate 
veil the remnants of which hang in broad triangular patches 
from the margin of the pileus. The pileus is smooth, convex, 
whitish or dirty cream color and areolately cracked as in the 
typical forms. 
3. Pholiota praecox (Pers.). Typical form. PI. XIV 
CD. 
The plants shown here are more typical Pholiota praecox 
than those illustrated in Vol. XVII., pi. XXVII. The ab¬ 
sence of an annulus in those plants is a character of Pholiota 
praecox var. minor though the plants are large for that form. 
The plants photographed here differ from typical Pholiota 
dura in the habitat in grassy places, the lighter colors, the 
smooth not areolately cracked pileus, the long slender nearly 
equal stems and the more scanty annulus. The spores 
measure 6—8x10—13/x. Sylloge gives 6—7x8—13. They 
are nearly the same size and shape as those of Pholiota dura. 
4. Form resembling Pholiota sphaleromorpha Bull. PI. 
XIV AB. 
The plants shown in this plate were collected and photo¬ 
graphed by Mr. Burtt Leeper at Salem, Ohio, in June. 
They grew on the ground in woods. The spores, shape, gen¬ 
eral appearance, colors, solid white flesh and smooth areo¬ 
lately cracked pileus show that they belong to the Pholiota 
praecox-dura group. The spores are a little smaller than those 
of the plants considered typical Pholiota praecox and Pho¬ 
liota dura above. They measure 4—6x8—10/x. The 
stems are enlarged below and the annulus is more distant 
and broadly membranous. The shape of the stem and the 
annulus agree with the description of Pholiota sphalero¬ 
morpha Bull, which is considered a variety of Pholiota prae¬ 
cox by French writers. The photograph of Leeper’s plants 
agrees well with Bulliard’s figure t. 540. The plants differ 
from the description of Pholiota sphaleromorpha in the 
sinuate decurrent instead of “arcuate decurrent” gills and in 
the whitish gray instead of “yellowish” pileus. The follow¬ 
ing is a description of Leeper’s plants: 
Pileus convex when young becoming expanded and de¬ 
pressed in the center, fleshy, margin incurved, somewhat 
