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which might receive this and kindred species. Its name is Phyl- 

 loporus and indicates the fact that in Europe a form occurs in 

 which the gills are connected by transverse partitions in such a 

 way as to form pores. This form appears to be wanting in this 

 country, but forms sometimes occur here in which the gills are 

 more or less connected near their inner extremity. The color of 

 the gills is a beautiful bright chrome yellow or golden yellow. 

 They are not easily separable from the flesh of the cap. This 

 is the chief objection to placing this species in the genus Paxillus. 



The stem is usually a little shorter than the horizontal diameter 

 of the cap. It is commonly central but occasionally it is eccentric. 

 It is solid or stuffed and more or less variegated with red and 

 yellow. The cap is 2-4 inches broad, the stem 1.5-3 inches long 

 and 3-5 lines thick. 



The mode of growth is either solitary, gregarious or cespitose. 

 It is found in woods and bushy places growing among mosses, 

 grasses or fallen leaves and is generally most plentiful in showery 

 weather in July, August and September. The resemblance of 

 forms having a tawny brown or yellowish brown cap to Boletus 

 s u b t o m e n t o s u s L. is quite marked and has been noticed by 

 several writers. 



Cantharellus minor Pk. 

 SMALL CHANTARELLE 



PLATE 116, FIG. I2-l'7 



Pileus thin, convex or nearly plane, often centrally depressed 

 or umbilicatc, glabrous, yellow, flesh whitish or pale yellow ; 

 lamellae distant, decurrent, sparingly branched, yellow; stem 

 slender, subflexuous, subequal, smooth, solid when young, then 

 stuffed or hollow, yellow, often with a whitish mycelium at the 

 base ; spores .00025-0003 of an inch long, .00016-.0002 broad. 



The small chantarelle is almost exactly like the chantarelle, 

 Cantharellus cibarius Fr. in color, but in its much 

 smaller size and more slender appearance, its stem being propor- 

 tionately longer, it is easily recognized at a glance as a distinct 

 species. But detailed examination sustains the superficial appear- 

 ance by showing the cap to be very much thinner and often um- 

 bilicate or centrally depressed, the gills broader in proportion to 

 the size of the plant and much less branched, the stem slender, 

 elongated, usually flexuous and stuffed or hollow, and the spores 

 smaller. The cap is often wavy or irregular on the margin and 



