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DESCRIPTION OF PLATES 
Plate XI. Pholiota dura (Bolt.) A. Mature plant. B. Surface of a 
pileus showing the areolately cracked cortex. 
Plate XII. Pholiota dura (Bolt.) A. Vertical section of a young plant 
with the partial veil unbroken showing the annular gill cavity. 
B. Under surface of the pileus of a ypung plant with the veil unbroken 
showing the under surface of the veil where it has been stripped 
upward from the stem and the cross section of the stem. C. Section 
showing the upper surface of an unbroken veil showing the ridges 
which closed the gill chambers stained with spores. D. Section of 
mature pileus showing the annulus close to the apex of the stem, 
the horizontal lamellae, the hollow stem and the context of the 
pileus and stem. E. Under surface of a pileus showing the tearing 
of the veil. 
Plate XIII. A. Section of Pholiota dura showing the connection of the 
primary gills with the subhymenial layer and cross section of the 
ridges on the veil which closed the gill chambers X4. B, Part of the 
same enlarged. C D. A form of Pholiota dura with appendiculate 
veil and long equal stems. 
Plate XIV. AB. Pholiota sphaleromorpha Bull. CD. Mature plant and 
vertical section of Pholiota praecox Pers. 
Plate XV. Pholiota aegerita Brigant. Various views. A. Plants with 
equal curved stems. B C. Plants with stems thickened at the base. 
Plate XVI. Pholiota luxurians Fr. A. Upper surface of a pileus show¬ 
ing the irregular form and the both scaly and cracked surface. 
B. Under view of a pileus showing the gill surface and the short 
stem tapering downward. 
Plate XVII. Pholiota curvipes Fr. A. Mature plants. B. Cross sec¬ 
tion showing the broad gills. C. Young plants with smooth stems 
and tufted scaly pilei. D. Medium sized plant showing the scaly 
pileus. E. Young plants showing the attachment of the gills and 
the apical annulus. 
Plate XVIII. A-H. Stropharia semiglobata Batsch. AB and H. Mature 
plants. C. Cross section of hollow stem. D. Young plant showing 
the tearing of the veilx2. E. Young plant with floccose stem and 
unbroken veil x2. F. Young plant showing the annulus X2. H. Ver¬ 
tical section of young plant X 4. I. Stropharia siccipes var. radicata 
Pk. K. Sterile form of Stropharia semiglobata with permanently 
white gills. 
Plate XIX. Hypholoma sublateritium var. squamosum Cke. A. Cluster 
of plants with squamose scaly pilei. The one in a shows the cortina 
like veil. B. Section of a young plant with the cortina unbroken. 
Plate XX. Hypholoma rugocephalum Atk. A. Pileus of a mature plant 
showing the rugose wrinkled surface. B. Young plant showing the 
even pileus and cortina-like veil. C. Gill surface showing the white 
floccose edges of the gills. 
Plate XXI. A-C. Hypholoma boughtoni Pk. A. Pileus showing the 
innate fibrous surface cracked and torn around the margin. B. Ma¬ 
ture plant. C. Young plant. D. Hypholoma delineatum Pk. 
Dried plant showing the slender stem and membranous annulus. 
Plate XXII. Hypholoma appendiculatum (Bull.). A. Typical mature 
plant and young plant showing the white floccose veil. B. Floccose 
apex of the stem x4. C. vertical section of a mature plant. D E F 
