Leucosporae 



ochraceous-yellow. Gills vein-like, close, much anastomosing above, Canthareiius. 

 long decurrent and subparallel below, concolorous. Stem very short, 

 thick, rarely deeply rooting. 



Height 2-4 in., breadth of Pileus at the top 1-3 in. 



Woods and their borders. Not rare. Utica, Johnson. Albany and 

 Sandlake. July and August. Peck, 23d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Spores 12.5-15x7.6^ Peck. 



New York, Peck, Rep. 23 ; Maine, Mrs, Stella F. Fairbanks; West 

 Virginia, Mcllvaine. 



A beautiful species of good quality. 



C, bre'vipes Pk. brevis, short; pcs t a foot. (Plate XLVI, fig. 5, p. 



214.) Pileus fleshy, obconic, gla- 



, .. (Plate XLIX.) 



brous, alutaceous or dingy cream- 



color, the thin margin erect, often 

 irregular and lobed, tinged with 

 lilac in the young plant; folds nu- 

 merous, nearly straight on the mar- 

 gin, abundantly anastomosing be- 

 low, pale umber tinged with lilac. 

 Stem short, tomentose-pubescent, 

 ash-colored, solid, often tapering 

 downward. Spores yellowish, 

 oblong-elliptical, uninucleate, 10- 



CANTHARELLUS BREVIPES. 

 Small plant, two-thirds natural size. 



Plant 3-4 in- high. Pileus 2-3 



in. broad. Stem 4-6 lines thick. 



Woods. Ballston, Saratoga coun- 

 ty. July. 



This interesting species is related 

 to the C. floccosus, both by its short 

 stem and its abundantly anastomosing folds. The two species should 

 be separated from the others and constitute a distinct section. The 

 flesh in C. brevipes is soft and whitish, and the folds are generally thin- 

 ner than in C. floccosus. Peck, 33d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Plentiful in West Virginia mountains in 1884, growing in patches. 

 Found in mixed woods near Cheltenham, Pa., and at Springton, Pa., 

 1887. 



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