to
a yellowish color, at first somewhat egg-shaped, then expanded, obtuse,
wrinkled at the sides, the entire cap and especially at the center is
covered with a white superficial flocci.

The gills are adnate or attached to the stem, rather crowded, this,
somewhat toothed on their edges, clay-cinnamon color. Spores elliptical,
12x4.5u.

The stem is four to five inches long, solid, stout, round, somewhat
bulbous at the base, white, scaly above the ring, which is often very
slight, often only a trace, as will be seen on the left hand plant in
Figure 212.

The spores are dark ferruginous when caught on white paper, but paler on
dark paper.

The white superficial flocci will mark the plant. It has a wide
distribution throughout the states. I found it in a number of places in
Ohio and it is quite plentiful about Chillicothe. It is a favorite in
Germany and it is called by the common people "Zigeuner," a Gypsy.

It is found in September and October.

_Pholiota unicolor. Fl. Dan._

[Illustration: Figure 213.--Pholiota unicolor. Natural size.]

Unicolor means of one color.

The pileus is campanulate to convex, subumbonate, hygrophanous, bay,
then ochre, nearly even, never fully expanded.

The gills are subtriangular, adnate, seceding, broad,
ochraceous-cinnamon. Spores 9-10x5u.

The stem is stuffed, then hollow, colored as the pileus, nearly smooth,
ring thin but entire.

They are a late grower and found on well-decayed logs. They are quite
common in our woods. Found in November. The plants in Figure 213 were
found on the 24th of November, in Haynes' Hollow.

_Pholiota mutablis. Schaff._

THE CHANGEABLE PHOLIOTA. EDIBLE.

Mutablis means changeable, variable. The pileus two to three inches
broad, fleshy; deep cinnamon when moist, paler when dry; margin rather
thin, transparent; convex, then expanded, sometimes obtusely umbonate,
and sometimes slightly depressed; even, quite smooth, flesh whitish and
taste mild.

The gills are broad, adnate, slightly decurrent, close, pale umber, then
cinnamon-color.

The stem is two to three inches long, slender, stuffed, becoming hollow,
smooth above or minutely pulverulent, and pale, below slightly scaly up
to the ring, and darker at the base, ring membranaceous, externally
scaly. The spores are ellipsoid, 9-11x5-6u.

I find this specimen growing in a caespitose manner on decayed wood. It
is quite common here late in the season. I found some very large
specimens on