Illustrations of Fungi—XXXIII

Abstract

Pileus elongated trumpet-shaped to funnel-shaped, closed at the top when very young, becoming deeply infundibuliform, firm, fleshy, gregarious to subcespitose, 5-I4 cm. broad, io-I8 cm. high; surface floccose, with persistent or evanescent scales, bright-yellow when young, some shade of orange when mature, fading at times; margin concolorous, rarely tinged with lilac, undulate, involute when dry; context thin, white, sweet, edible; hymenium cremeous at first, then ochraceous, rarely pale-umber tinged with lilac, finally ochraceous-brown throughout; lamellae thick, close, narrow, decurrent, repeatedly forked, branching or anastomosing; spores ellipsoid, smooth, ochraceous, 14x 7 ; stipe short, glabrous or hairy, whitish at the base when young, becoming cremeous or ochraceous. This species, which was originally described from the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania, is large, handsome, and edible. It is to be looked for in damp places in dense woods throughout most of the eastern United States, occurring from Maine to Alabama and west, even to Oregon and Washington. It can not be called common, although I have at times found it fairly abundant in favored spots. The illustration is taken from a handsome photograph made in October, 1921, at Mount Vernon, New York, by Mr. A. W. Dreyfoos, and donated by him to the Garden herbarium. It shows well the peculiar and characteristic appearance of the surface of the pileus in its younger stages. 25