Part 3, 1910] AGARICACEAE 169 
DISTRIBUTION: Eastern United States from Maine to Alabama and west to Colorado. 
ILLUSTRATIONS : Mem. N. - State Mus. 3: £1. 55, f. I-9; N. Marsh. Mushr. Book p/. 45; Ann. 
Rep. N. VY. State Mus. 33: p/. 7, f. 18, 20. 
ExsiccaTi: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 1920; Shear, N. Y. Fungi 20. 
7. Chanterel minor Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State 
Cab. 23: 122. 1872. 
Pileus thin, fleshy, convex to expanded, irregular or depressed at times, gregarious, 
1-2.5 cm. broad; surface glabrous, subrugose, ochraceous to orange; margin inrolled at 
first, entire or repand: context thin, pallid, mild, at length faintly peppery; lamellae 
decurrent, distant, very narrow, often forking, but seldom anastomosing, concolorous: 
spores ovoid, somewhat one-sided, smooth, hyaline with a faint yellowish tinge, 8-9 XK 4-5: 
stipe slender, cylindric, equal, glabrous, shining, slightly striate at times, concolorous, 
usually solid, 2-5 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Greenbush, New Vork. 
HABITAT: On the ground in deciduous woods. 
DISTRIBUTION: Massachusetts to Alabama in the eastern United States; reported also from 
Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 131. 7. 116, f. 12-17. 
8. Chanterel Chantarellus (1,.) Murrill. 
Agaricus Chantarellus ¥,. Sp. Pl. 1171. 1753. 
Merulius Cantharellus Scop. Fl. Carn. ed..2. 2: 461. 1772. 
Chanterel flavescens Lam. Encyc. 1: 694. 1785. 
Chanterel cibarius Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 318. 1821. 
Pileus fleshy, firm, turbinate, nearly plane, sometimes depressed, gregarious, cespitose 
’at times, 3-8 cm. broad ; surface glabrous, luteous, rarely paler yellow, margin involute to 
expanded, undulate : context white, nutty or slightly acrid, edible; lamellae thick, narrow, 
distant, decurrent, forked or irregularly anastomosing, luteous, or sometimes much paler: 
spores ellipsoid, somewhat irregular, smooth, pale-ochraceous, 8-10 X4-5: stipe 2.5-5 
cm. long, 6-12 mm. thick, attenuate below, glabrous, concolorous or paler, solid. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden. 
Hasitat: On the ground in deciduous or coniferous woods. 
DISTRIBUTION: Throughout the temperate regions of North America, Europe, and Asia. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Atk. Stud. Am. Fungi “7. 127; Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 48: pl. 32; 
Gibson, Edible Toadst. /. 79; Bull. Herb. Fr. f/. 62; Sow. Engl. Fungi #2. 46; Hussey, Il. 
Brit. Myce. 1: pl. 4. 
ExsiccaTr: Rav. Fungi Car. 2: 7; J. Kunze, Fungi Sel. 20/; Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 
1918 ; Westend. Herb. Crypt. Belge 340 ; P. Karst. Fungi Fenn. 106; Cavara, Fungi Longob. J8 ; 
Linhart, Fungi Hung. 350; Sydow, Myc. Mar. 707; Krieger, Fungi Sax. 1161; Underw. & Cook, 
Iust. Fungi 6, Herpell, Prap. Hutpilze 77 ; Cooke, Fungi Brit. 602. 
9. Chanterel alectorolophoides (Schaeff.) Murrill. 
Agaricus alectorolophoides Schaeff. Fung. Bavar.3: pl. 206. 1770. 
Agaricus aurantiacus Wulf. in Jacq. Mise. Austr. 2: 101. 1781. Not A. aurantiacus Secr. 1769. 
Merulius cantharelloides Pers. in J. F. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2: 1430. 1791. 
Merulius nigripes Pers. Syn. Fung. 489. 1801. 
Agaricus subcantharellus Sow. Engl. Fungi p/. 423. 1814. 
Chanterel aurantiacus Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 318. 1821. 
Chanterel Raveneltt Berk. & Curt. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. II. 12: 425. 1853. 
Pileus compressed, hemispheric to funnel-shaped, convex to expanded, plane to de- 
pressed, fleshy, flexible, gregarious to subcespitose, 3-6 cm. broad; surface subtomentose, 
pale-orange, often darker at the center, margin involute, entire toundulate: lamellae de- 
current, crowded, narrow, rather thin, regularlyand 2-4 times dichotomous, bright-orange : 
spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 5-7 X 3-4: stipe usually central, cylindric, enlarged 
below, slightly ascending, 2-5 cm. long, 4-7 mm. thick, subglabrous above, tomentose 
below, stuffed, subconcolorous, varying to pallid or dark-brown. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Bavaria. 
HABITAT: In woods on decayed wood, or on soil rich in humus. 
DISTRIBUTION: Throughout Europe and temperate North America, south to South Carolina 
and Nevada. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Bull. Herb. Fr. p/. 505, 7.2; Atk. Stud. Am. Fungi f. 124, 125; Bull. Chicago 
Acad. Sci. 7: £1.7; Schaeff. Fung. Bavar. 3: pl. 206 ; Jacq. Mise. Austr. pl. 14, 3. 
EXSICCATI: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 7202; Karst. Fungi Fenn. 228, 421; Sydow, Myc. Mar. 810, 
1414; Herpell, Prap. Hutpilze 71. 
