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PHOLIOTA
and has pale yellow, viscid caps with darker scales, and a dry, very scaly stipe.
It has smaller spores than P. aurivella and can be distinguished from P. adiposa
by the dry stipe.
PHOLIOTA CAPERATA (Fr.) Kummer Edible
Figures 269, 270, page 175; Figure 422, page 301
PILEUS 2-4 in. broad, fleshy, convex then expanded, sometimes subumbo-
nate, glabrous or at first with fine whitish fibrils and thin patches of whitish
bloom, usually more or less uneven to wrinkled, cinnamon-buff" to ochraceous
buff", paler on the margin or evenly colored, flesh thick, white, lamellae
adnate to adnexed, broad, close, often transversely marked with Hght and dark
bands, at. first palHd, then brown from the spores, stipe 2J/2-5 in. long, 54"!^
in. thick, equal, soHd, pallid, glabrous to subfibrillose, at times somewhat
scurfy with minute white floccules at the apex, annulus large, membranous,
remote from the apex, volva usually not evident, sometimes leaving a few
traces at the base of the stipe, spores rusty brown, rough, broadly ovoid, in-
equilateral in one view, tapering to one end, 11-16 X 7-10 ju. or varying larger.
Solitary to scattered, on the ground in woods, fairly common. July-Oct.
This species is fairly common and is an easy one to recognize. The color,
the uneven surface and somewhat hoary appearance of the pileus, and the
large membranous annulus are quite distinctive. The spores are more Hke those
of Cortinarius than Pholiota and the presence of a rudimentary volva is also a
character distinguishing it from other species of Pholiota. Most modern au-
thors separate this species from Pholiota and put it in the genus Rozites.
PHOLIOTA FLAMMANS (Batsch ex Fr.) Kummer
Figure 273, page 175
PILEUS 1-2 in. broad or occasionally larger, campanulate or convex with
inrolled margin at first, becoming expanded, bright golden yellow or tinged
orange, covered when young with a dense coating of dry, lemon-yellow floc-
cules, even on the margin, appendiculate. flesh rather thin, yellow, lamellae
adnate or with a shght decurrent tooth, close, not broad, yellow at first, then
somewhat rusty from the spores, stipe 1-3 in. long, Vg-^ ^^- thick, subequal,
stuffed or hollow, yellow, densely coated up to the annular zone with lemon-
yellow floccules or squarrose scales, annulus yellow, ragged, disappearing.
spores minute, elHpsoid, smooth, 3-6 X 2-3 /x-
SoHtary or in clusters of several, on stumps and logs, rare. Aug.-Sept.
This species is rare but is included because of its striking appearance. The
bright colors and scaly pileus and stipe make it attractive. The very small
spores are also a distinctive character. There is no information regarding its
edibihty.
P. kaujfmaniana Smith is a species occurring on the Pacific Coast that is
similar in appearance to P.flammans but has viscid pilei.
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