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ment and partial retention of an abundant crop of spores. The stem is 

 smooth, hollow, rather slender and variable in color, but nearly always some 

 shade of yellow. 



The cap is i to 2 inches broad ; the stem 1 to 4 inches long, 1.5 to 2.5 



lines thick. 



For edible purposes the separation of the funnel form chantarelle and 

 the yellowish chantarelle is not of much importance. In tenderness and 

 flavor they are very similar. 



The yellowish craterellus, Craterellus lutescens (Pers.) Fr., is 

 similar to these in color, size and shape, but may be distinguished from 

 them by the absence of gills. 



Pholiota praecox (Pcrs.) Fr. 

 Early Pholiota 



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Pileus convex or nearly plane, soft, nearly or quite glabrous, whitish, 

 more or less tinged with yellow or tan color ; lamellae close, adnexed, at 

 first whitish, then brownish or rusty brownish ; stem rather slender, mealy 

 or glabrous, stuffed or hollow, whitish ; spores elliptic, rusty brown, .0004 to 

 .0005 of an inch long, .00024 to .0003 broad. 



The early pholiota is a small but variable species. From other simi- 

 larly colored species that appear in grassy ground early in the season, the 

 collar on the stem will generally distinguish it. Its cap is usually convex 

 when young but nearly flat in the mature plant. It is rather pale in color 

 but not a clear white, being tinted with yellow or pale tan colored hues. 

 The gills are whitish when the cap first opens, but they soon change to a 

 rusty brown hue in consequence of the ripening of the spores. They are 

 excavated at the inner extremity and slightly attached to the stem. They 

 are ventricose when the cap is fully expanded. The stem is rather slender, 

 nearly or quite straight and soon smooth and hollow. It is pale or whitish, 

 and usually furnished with a small collar. Sometimes the collar is slight 

 and disappears with age, and sometimes the fragments of the veil remain 

 attached to the margin of the cap, leaving nothing for a collar. 



The cap is 1 to 2 inches broad ; the stem 1.5 to 3 inches long, 2 to 2.5 

 lines thick. 



