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the thick solid flesh, the convex often areolately cracked 
pileus, the horizontal gills, the apical annulus and the 
subannular stem. They differ in the habitat on stumps and 
rotten logs, the colors which are varying shades of reddish 
yellow, becoming black in Pholiota luxurians, the often 
finely squamulose as well as areolate rimose pileus and the 
irregular stems, which vary in size and shape according to 
the position on the logs or stumps. The spores vary from 
4—6 jjl broad and 7—10 y long. They are the same shape 
and character in both species but apparently a little larger 
in Pholiota luxurians than in Pholiota aegerita. 
Both Pholiota aegerita and Pholiota luxurians are re¬ 
ported from the British Isles, France and Germany. Bresa- 
dola gives a good illustration of Pholiota aegerita from the 
Tyrol but neither species appear to have been collected by 
Britzelmayr in Bavaria. 
Pholiota aegerita has been reported by Hard from Ohio, 
Dodge from Wisconsin, etc., but I have seen no report of 
Pholiota luxurians from this region. 
1. Pholiota aegerita Brigant. PI. XV. 
The plants were collected and photographed by Mr. 
Burtt Leeper at Salem, Ohio. They represent the species 
better than the photographs I published in vol. XVII, pi. 
XLIX, though there is no doubt as to the identity of the 
plants. The dried specimens are very characteristic. The 
pilei are very hard inrolled and cracked as well as finely 
squamose. The gills are bright ferruginous and the stems 
smooth and hard. Mr. Leeper sent some of the plants to 
Prof. Atkinson, who confirmed the identification. 
The character of the species are: the habitat on logs and 
stumps, the thick convex pileus areolately cracked in the 
center and wrinkled on the incurved margin, the tawny 
colors nearly white on the margin of the pileus, the apical 
annulus and the thick smooth irregular stem which often 
becomes cracked and shreddy on the surface. The stems may 
be long, nearly equal and curved, short and thickened at the 
base or short and tapering downward. Cooke’s illustration 
453 shows long curved stems. Bresadola, Fung. Mang. t. 50, 
illustrates plants more nearly like Mr. Leeper’s. I have 
given the technical description of the species in vol. XVII, 
p. 493. 
