GILL FUNGI 



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CANTHARELLUS 



Related to H y g r o p li o r u s. hut distinguished frcjiii it and all the preceding 

 hy the gills, which are obtuse and vein-like, instead of plate-like. The cap is mcjre 

 or less top-shaped or funnel-form, and typically yellow to orange in (jur species. 

 Both species are edibU', according to Mcllvaine. The name refers to the vase-like 



form. 



Key to the Species 



1. Cap bright yellow, smooth C. cibarius 



2. Cap orange to ])rownish-orange, somewhat hairy or silky C. aiiraiitiacus 



Cantharellus cibarius Yellow Chanterelle 



Cap 3-8 cm. wide and high, light or bright yellow, smooth, conve.x to plane 

 or somewhat depressed and top-shaped, often irregular and one-sided ; s t e m short 



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Figure 24. C.\ntharellus cib.-vrius 



and stout, 2-3 cm. bv 1-2 cm., yellow, tapering downward, solid; gills thick and 

 obtuse, running down the stem, vellow. more or less branched and united, distant ; 

 spores ellipsoid, 8-10 X 5-6/x. The name refers to tlie great value of the plant 

 as food. 



In woodland and grassland, in summer and early autumn; famed since the 

 earliest times as one of the most delicious of mushrooms. 



Cantharellus aurantiacus Orange Chanterelle 

 Cap 3-8 cm. wide and high, dull orange, brownish on the disk or somewhat 

 brown-orange all over, finely silky, convex to plane and funnel-form, the margin 



