Thelephoracese 



Cratereiius. Plant simple or cespitose, 2-3 in. high. PileilS 1-2 in. broad. 



Ground under spruce trees. Adirondack mountains. August. 



In color this species bears some resemblance to Cantharellus cinereus. 

 From Cratereiius sinuosus it is separated by its pervious stem, and from 

 C. cornucopoides by its more cespitose habit, paler color and smaller 

 spores. Peck, 3ist Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Mcllvaine. 



Its edible qualities are in every way equal to those of C. cornuco- 

 poides. 



C. Simio'suS Fr. sinus, a curve. Strong scented. Pileus funnel- 

 shaped, downy, grayish-brown, margin undulated. Stem pale yellow, 

 elongated, stuffed. Hymenilim with anastomosing ribs, grayish. 

 Spores elliptical, pale yellow, 8-9x5^. 



In woods. PileilS '2-1 in. high and broad. Stem about I in. high, 

 sometimes very short. Smell strong, musky. Hymenilim becoming 

 tan-color when dry. PileilS more or less villose. Massee. 



The above description is given so that Var. crispus which follows 

 may be compared with it. Fries considered var. crispus a good species. 



Var. crispus crispus, curled. (Plate CXXXVI, fig. 7, p. 508.) 

 Margin of hymenium sinuous and crisped. PileilS pervious. Stem 

 stuffed at base only. Hymenium almost even. Massee. 



Solitary and cespitose in mixed woods. 



Found by Dr. S. C. ScJimucker near West Chester, Pa., 1896; Wm. 

 H. Rarer, Mt. Gretna, Pa., August, 1897. 



Cap varies in color from dark to light brownish-gray. Grills brown- 

 ish-gray, almost even. Stem hollow, dark yellow. Smell strong, 

 musky, much like A. silvicola. 



Substance tender and of markedly high and pleasant flavor. 



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