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Mossy ground in woods. Catskill and Adirondack Moun- 
tains, also Sandlake. August— October. 
This is regarded by some as a variety of C. tube&formis. 
5. CANTHARELLUS INFUNDIBULIFORMIS /’. 
Ss 
Pileus fleshy, thin, umbilicate, then funnel-form, nearly 
smooth, dingy yellow; lamellz thick, distant, dichotomously 
branched, sometimes anastomosing, yellowish, then dull lilac, 
pruinose; stipe equal, slender, smooth, hollow, pale yellow. 
Height 1’— 2’, breadth of pileus about 1’. 
Inswamps. Sandlake. August. 
. CANTHARELLUS AURANTIACUS FY. 
Pileus fleshy, obconic, nearly plane above, smooth or 
minutely tomentose, dull orange with the disk usually brown- 
ish, the margin decurved and sometimes yellowish ; lamelle 
narrow, close, repeatedly forked, orange, sometimes yellowish ; 
stem inequal, generally tapering upward, colored like the 
pileus ; flesh yellowish, taste mild. 
Height 2’—- 3’, breadth of pileus 1-3’, stem 2’— 4” thick. 
Ground and very rotten logs in ae or in fields. Common. 
CANTHARELLUS DICHOTOMUS 2. sp. 
Pileus fleshy, at first broadly convex, then expanded, 
obconic with a decurved margin, acutely umbonate, smooth or 
slightly silky, shining, steel-blue ; lamellee close, rather broad, 
repeatedly forked, white ; stem long, soft, solid, silky, slightly 
tapering upward, whitish, usually tinged with the color of the 
pileus ; flesh whitish. 
Height 3-6’, breadth of pilens 6’—12”’, stem 2”—3” thick. 
Damp mossy ground in woods. North Elba. August. 
The white mycelium at the thick base of the stem is abun- 
dant, and invests the surrounding mosses so closely that it is 
difficult to pluck the plant entire without taking with it a tuft 
of moss. The small but prominent acute umbo is rar ely 
wanting. 
Var. brevior is a smaller form, occurring in open, mossy 
places. It is grayish-brown with the umbo wanting or reduced 
to an acute papilla and the shorter stem equal and scarcely 
silky. North Elba and Catskill Mountains. August—October. 
(Plate 4, figs. 6-9.) 
¥8. CANTHARELLUS CRISPUS 7. 
Pileus thin, expanded, villous or pubescent, yellowish- 
brown, often lobed and cespitose; lamelle narrow, close, 
