Figure 215.—Pholiota marginata. Two-thirds natural size. Caps honey-colored and tan-colored.
Marginata means edged, margined; so called from the peripheral striæ of the pileus.
The pileus is rather fleshy, convex, then plane, smooth, moist, watery, striate on the margin, honey-colored when moist, tan-colored when dry.
The gills are firmly attached to the stem, crowded, unequal; when mature, of a dark reddish-brown from the shedding of the spores. Spores 7–8×4µ.
The stem is cylindrical, smooth, hollow, of the same color as the pileus, covered with a frost-like bloom above the ring, which is distant from the apex of the stem and frequently disappears entirely.
It is quite common, being found on nearly every rotten log in our woods. It comes early and lasts till late in the fall. The caps are excellent when well prepared.
Pholiota ægerita. Fr.
Ægerita is the Greek name for the black poplar; so called because it grows on decayed poplar logs. The pileus is fleshy, convex, then plane, more or less checked or rivulose, wrinkled, tawny, edge of the cap rather pale.
The gills are adnate, with a decurrent tooth, rather close, pallid, then growing darker.
The stem is stuffed, equal, silky-white, ring superior, fibrillose, tumid. Spores 10×5µ.