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entirely naked. As in all the species of this genus, they are blunt on the 

 edge. 



The cap is about 1 inch broad ; the stem 1 to 2 inches long and about 

 2 lines thick. The plants sometimes grow in tufts or clusters. They are 

 not often found in abundance, and this, with their rather small size, detracts 

 from their importance as an edible species. 



Cantharellus infundibuliformis {Scop.) Fr. 

 Funnel form Chantarelle 



PLATE 56, Jig. g-/6 



Pileus thin, broadly convex when young, becoming umbilicate or funnel- 

 form with age, often pervious, frequently lobed, wavy or irregular on the 

 margin, hygrophanous, sooty brown, brownish yellow or dingy yellow when 

 moist, grayish, grayish yellow or grayish brown and slightly floccose or 

 fibrillose when dry ; lamellae narrow, distant, decurrent, irregularly or 

 dichotomously branched, yellowish or subcinereous, becoming pruinose with 

 age or in drying ; stem slender, glabrous, hollow, yellow or yellowish ; spores 

 broadly elliptic or subglobose, .00035 to -00045 °f an inch long, .0003 to 

 .00035 broad. 



The funnel form chantarelle grows gregariously, or sometimes in 

 tufts, in damp woods or mossy, shaded swamps. It may be found from 

 June to October. It is quite common and variable in color. Its cap is 

 more highly colored when moist and becomes paler with the loss of moist- 

 ure. When dry, the surface is slightly uneven and obscurely marked with 

 brown fibrils, which are sometimes collected in small tufts or scales. The 

 cap is broadly convex even in the young plant, but with advancing age it 

 becomes fully expanded or assumes a funnel shape by the elevation of the 

 margin. This is so excessively developed in some specimens that it becomes 

 very wavy, much folded or lobed and presents a very irregular appearance. 

 The gills are narrow, variously forked or branched, rather wide apart and 

 sometimes connected by transverse veins in the spaces between them. They 

 are generally yellowish or grayish yellow and are sometimes tinged with 

 lilac. They appear in maturity as if frosted or covered with a minute, whit- 

 ish dust or mealiness. This is one of the characters distinguishing this 

 species from the yellowish chantarelle, and is probably due to the develop- 



