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equal stem, which is not rooting. The habitat is also 

 different. Fries says that the present species often becomes 

 reddish when bruised. 



Cantharellus albidus. Fr. 



Pileus ^-Ih in. across, flesh rather thin, somewhat in- 



fundibuliform, irregular, rather wavy, indistinctly zoned, 



whitish or with a yellow tinge ; gills decurrent, thin, rather 



crowded, repeatedly dichotomous, white ; stem 1-1 J- in. long, 



2 lines thick, equal or becoming compressed, glabrous, white, 

 or rarely tinged with yellow, solid ; spores elliptical, smooth, 

 8 X 4/x. 



CantliareUus albidus. Fries, Epicr., p. 365 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 1107a; Cke., Hdbk., p. 340. 



In meadows, among moss, &c. 



Tough, but not coriaceous, white, verging on yellow or 

 rufous, j)ileus somewhat zoned. (Fries.) 



** JPileiis siibmemhranaceous ; stem liollow, polislied, 



Cantharellus tubaeformis. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh thin, flexible, infundibuliform, 



waved and more or less lobed, flocculose, yellowish-brown 



becoming pale; gills slightly decurrent, thick, distant, 



repeatedly branched, smoky-yellow ; stem 2-3 in. long, 



3 lines thick, almost equal, often compressed, lacunose, 

 glabrous, dull tawny-orange, hollow ; spores elliptical, smooth, 

 9 X 6-7 /x. 



CantliareUus tiibaeformis. Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 319 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 340; Cke., Illustr., pi. li08. 



In woods, on the ground and on rotten wood. 



Gregarious. Pileus 2 in. broad, thin, at first convex, 

 at length much undulated, depressed and very much 

 umbilicate, occasionally pervious, scrobiculato-squamose, 

 brownish-yellow. Folds straight-forked, slightly anasto- 

 mosing, cinereous yellow, frosted with a white bloom. 

 Stem 2 in. high, ^- in. thick, hollow, compressed, thickest 

 downwards, smooth, slightly downy at the base, saffron- 

 coloured, brownish-yellow above. (Berk.) 



Closely allied to C. infundibuliformis, with which it was 

 once united, but the typical form appears to be clearly 



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