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Gen. 11. 



CANTRARELLUS, Adams. Fung. Ord. Y. 



Spores white ; veil entirely absent; 

 pileus fleshy or membranaceous ; stem 

 confluent with the hymenophore^ or 

 absent ; gills decurrent, folded, more 

 or less thick and swollen, branched ; 

 tramafloccose. {Fig 53.) 



Hab. Growing on the ground, or 

 on rotten wood, moss, etc. 



This genus holds an intermediate place 

 between Agaricus 2iTidi CrafereUus, some spe- 

 cies beins: close to one, some to the other 

 genus. Some are said to be poisonous, 

 others edible. — W. G, S. 



Fig. 53. 



641. 



Sect, 1. Mesopodes. 

 Cantharellus cibaxius. Fr. " Edible Chantarelle." 



Egg-yellow. Pileus fleshy, at first repand, smooth, at length 

 turbinate ; stem solid, attenuated downwards ; gills thick, distant, 

 of the same colour. — Fr. Epicr. p. 365. Grev. t. 258. ITogg ^ 

 Johnst. 1. 16. Lenz.f. 27. Kromhli. t. 45,/. 1-11. Vitt. t. 25,/. 1. 

 Sow.t. 46. Batsch.f. 120. Paul.t. 36. Coohe B.F. t. 13,/. 1. 

 Smith E.M.f. 8. Gard. Chron. (1860),p. 312. Badh. i. t. 9,/ 2, 

 ii.^. 8,/.l. Price f.U. Barla. t. 28,/. 7-15. Eng.Fl.Y.p. 125. 

 Vent. ^.39,/. 3, 4. 



In woods. Common. Esculent. [United States.] 



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

 pressed, 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 ; stem 1-2 in. high, J-| in. thick, attenuated 

 downwards, smooth, tough, yellow, diffused into the pileus. Smell very agree- 

 able like that of ripe apricots, taste agreeable, but pungent. — M. J. B. Spores 

 •0003 X -0002 in. 



642. Cantharellus aurantiacus. Fr. " False Chantarelle." 



Nearly orange-colour. Pileus fleshy, soft, depressed, tomen- 

 tose ; stem stuffed, unequal ; gills crowded, straight, darkej 

 than the pileus. — Fr. Epicr. p. 365. Jacq. Coll. ii. t. 14,/. 3. 

 Batsch.f.Zl. Sow.t. ^\Z. Schceff.t.20Q. Berk. Outl.p. UJ. 1. 

 Krombh.t.4:6,f. 3-6. Smith P. 31. /.Id. 



