Pholiota terrestris Overh. 1924

Pholiota terrestris Overholts, sp. nov
Pileus 1-3 cm. broad, convex, uniform sayal-brown to cmnamon-brown in dried plants, dry, squamulose with appressed dark-colored, fibrillose scales, or fibrillose only on the margin; lamellae adnate or slightly decturent, medium-close, 2-4 mm. broad, bright-cinnamon; veil ample, membranous, not forming a distinct annulus but sometimes adhering considerably to the margin of the pileus; stipe central, equal, pallid above, brown below, floccose at the apex, distinctly scaly below the sheathing veil-remnants on the stipe, 3-6 cm. long, 2-5 mm. thick; spores oblong-ellipsoid, smooth, 5.5-6.5 X 3.5-4.5/*; cystidia of several inconspicuous types, none projecting strongly, some brown or with a brown mass within.
Type collected on ** lawn at Corvallis, Oregon, November 11, 1915, f?. C. Gilbert (herb N Y Bot. Gard.),
Distribution : Known only from the type locality.