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EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS OF CANADA<br />
inequilateral, truncate at one end, dark brown, 10-14 X 6-8 m- cystidia pear-<br />
shaped or subglobose, scattered or scarce.<br />
In groups in lawns, cultivated fields, and grassy places in open woods.<br />
May-Aug.<br />
This species often appears early in the season in May or June on lawns or<br />
in gardens. It is most likely to be confused with P. praecox (Pers.) Fr. which<br />
can be separated with certainty by the spores, which are mostly less than 10 /*<br />
long. Both species are edible.<br />
PHAEOLEPIOTA<br />
This genus has been separated from Pholiota on the basis of the mealy-<br />
granulose covering of the pileus. It is best characterized as a brown-spored<br />
Cystoderma and only the one species is known.<br />
PHAEOLEPIOTA AUREA (Mattuschka ex Fr.) Maire ex Suspect<br />
Konr. & Maubl.<br />
Figure 373, page 256<br />
PILEUS 2-6 in. broad, convex to plane, slightly umbonate, dry, with a<br />
granulose, powdery covering that is easily rubbed off, ochraceous yellow to<br />
golden yellow, or ochraceous tawny, margin incurved at first, somewhat ap-<br />
pendiculate. flesh thick, yellowish, odor none, taste mild, lamellae adnexed,<br />
rounded behind, close, broad, light buff to ochraceous buff or cinnamon.<br />
STIPE 1 1/2-5 in. long, !/2-% ii^- thick, enlarged at the base, concolorous or<br />
Hghter than the pileus, granular-scurfy below the annulus, glabrous above,<br />
stuffed, sometimes becoming hollow, annulus large, pendulous, membranous,<br />
dark buff below, lemon color above, disappearing in old plants, spores pale<br />
ochraceous buff, ovoid to elongate-ovoid, smooth or sometimes sHghtly rough<br />
in age, 9-12 X 4-6 m-<br />
Singly or gregarious on the ground. Sept.<br />
This is a rare but very striking fungus. It appears to be western in its dis-<br />
tribution. It has the appearance of a large Cystoderma with brown spores.<br />
FLAMMULA<br />
The genus Flammula includes species with ochre spores, fleshy to fibrous,<br />
central stipes, lamellae usually rather bright colored, and an annulus usually<br />
lacking although sometimes a trace of one may be found. Most of the species<br />
occur on wood although there are a few exceptions.<br />
They are distinguished from Pholiota by the lack of an annulus, from<br />
Hebeloma by the brighter lamellae and spores and from Naucoria by the<br />
fibrous stipe.<br />
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