CANTHARELLUS. 319 



I. MESOPUS. 



* Pileus and solid stem fleshy. 



Cantharellus cibarius. Fr. 



Every j^art opaque yellow-buff; pileus l|^-2i in. across ; 

 flesh thick, firm, whitish; irregular and wavy, at length 

 turbinate, glabrous or very minutely downy ; gills decurrent, 

 narrow, thick, distant ; stem 1-2 in. long, stout, becoming 

 thicker upwards and gradually expanding into the flesh of 

 the pileus, solid ; spores elliptical, smooth, 9 x 5-6 fx. 



Cantliarelliis cibarius. Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 318 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 339 ; Cke., Illustr., pi." 1103. 



Agaricus cantliarelliis, Linn., Suec, no. 1207. 



In woods. 



Esculent. Smell none when fresh, but resembling apricots 

 after having been kept for some time. Fries says that the 

 fungus is sometimes entirely white. 



Subgregarious. Pileus 1-4 in. broad, fleshy, firm, variously 

 lobed, depressed, the margin vaulted, smooth, shining, of a 

 rich yolk-of-egg yellow, paler when dry; flesh white or 

 yellowish ; folds much sinuated, but evidently forked, thick 

 fleshy, decurrent. Spores elliptic. Stem 1-2 in. high, 

 ^-^2 ^^- thick, attenuated downwards, smooth, tough, yellow, 

 diffused into the pileus. Smell very agreeable, like that of 

 dried apricots, taste agreeable, but pungent. Much firmer 

 than C. aiirantiacus. (Berk.) 



Entire plant of a full buffish-yellow, or yolk-of-egg colour, 

 of a rather firm yet brittle substance. Pileus 1-4 in. in 

 breadth, glabrous, irregular, subrepand, frequently variously 

 lobed, the margin rounded, the centre mostly depressed, 

 sometimes much hollowed. Flesh yellowish- white or pale 

 yellowish. Lamellae in the form of tumid veins or folds, 

 branching dichotomously, and sometimes anastomosing. 

 Stipes firm, solid, 1-2 in. long, variable in diameter, at- 

 tenuated downwards. Odour none when quite fresh, but 

 soon after having been gathered, that of ripe apricots. 

 (Grev.). 



Every part egg-yellow, pileus truly fleshy, convex at first, 

 then plane and subdepressed, wavy, always glabrous ; stem 



