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rous, yellow. Hymenium remotely costate, at first even, then 

 rugose with interlaced veins. 



In woods; rare. Pileus 2-4 inches broad, the stipe about two 

 inches long The hymenium is yellow, varying to reddish, orange 

 and bluish-gray. It has a strong spirituous odor. 



2. C. CORNUCOPIOIDES, Linn. Pileus submembranaceous, 

 tubseform, pervious, scaly, sooty black. Stipe hollow, glabrous, 

 black. Hymenium even, at length slightly wrinkled, becoming 

 cinereous. 



In woods; not common. Pileus 1-2 inches across, but some- 

 times reduced to little more than a tube, the whole plant 1-3 inches 

 in height, 



l>. I/ifiiiidilmli/on/i, the stipe stuffed. 



3. C. CANTHARELi.us, Schw. Pilcus tough-flcshy, subinfundi- 

 buliform, repand and often lobed, glabrous, vitelline. Stipe 

 stuffed, glabrous, concolorous. Hymenium even, becoming a little 

 wrinkled, vitelline or with a darker shade. 



In woods; common. Pileus 2-4 inches in breadth, the stipe an 

 inch or more in height. The pileus in the larger specimens is quite 

 irregular, with the margin much folded or crisped and lobed. The 

 color of the plant varies somewhat, being paler or reddish, and 

 sometimes with a dusky shade. C. late/itiiis, Berk, is the same 

 thing. 



Genus II — Thelephora, Ehrh. 



Hymenium inferior or amphigenous, contiguous wiih the 

 hymenophore and similar to it, even or costate, and without an 

 intermediate stratum. Fungi coriaceous, destitute of a cuticle, 

 exceedingly varied in shape, terrestrial. 



a. Growing erect, the pileus ejitire or ramose-parted. 



1. T. RADIATA, Holmok. Pileus soft coriaceous, infundibuli- 

 form, entire, ferruginous then brownish, subfasciate ; the disk with 

 erect scales: the margin radiate-striate. Stipe central, short. 

 Hymenium striate, somewhat pruinose, concolorous. 



In wet places in woods; rare. Nearly an inch in height, the 

 pileus f of an inch in diameter. The pileus has circular bands 

 or zones upon its surface, and is distinctly radiate-striate with an 

 entire margin. 



2. T. TEPHROLEUCA, B. & C. Pilcus soft-coriaccous, subin- 

 fundibuliform, more or less lobed, rugose, whitish. Stipe central, 

 whitish or brownish. Hymenium striate, brownish below, pale 

 above. 



