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red ; stem glabrous, solid, cénnabar-red ; spores subelliptical, .0003 
to .0004 in. long, .0002 to .00025 in. broad. 
Plant 1 to 2 in. high, pileus 8 to 16 lines broad, stem 2 to 4 lines 
thick. 
Thin woods and open places. Sandlake, Brewerton and Forest- 
burgh. July to September. 
This Chantarelle is beautifully colored, though frequently irregular 
in shape. It is closely related to the preceding species, from which 
its color, smaller size and comparatively broader lamelle distinguish 
it. It varies slightly in the depth of its color, the pileus being some- 
times tinged with yellow. It is difficult to preserve its red hue in the 
dried specimens. The width of the lamelle is generally equal to or 
greater than the thickness of the flesh of the pileus. The flesh has 
a slightly pungent or peppery taste. The species was placed by Fries 
in the genus Hygrophorus, but it is a genuine Cantharellus, 
Cantharellus minor Pik. 
Small Chantarelle. 
Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then expanded, often umbilicate or 
centrally depressed, glabrous, yellow, flesh, pale-yellow; lamelle 
narrow, distant, sparingly branched, yellow ; stem s/ender, subflexu- 
ous, subequal, smooth, stuffed or hollow, yellow, with a whitish 
mycelium at the base ; spores subelliptical, .00025 to .0003 in. long, 
.00016 to .0002 in. broad. 
Plant gregarious or subceespitose, 1 to 1.5 in. high, pileus 6 to 12 
lines broad, stem 1 to 2 lines thick. 
Thin woods and open places. Greenbush and Sandlake. June 
and July. 
This is a very small Chantarelle. It is colored like C. cébarius, 
from which it is distinguished by its smaller size, thin and frequently 
umbilicate pileus, comparatively broader lamellz, and more slender 
stem, and smaller spores. In very small or young specimens the 
stem sometimes appears to be solid, but in large and mature speci- 
mens it is stuffed or hollow, especially in the upper part. By this 
character it connects this section with the next. In wet weather the 
pileus is moist and has a watery-yellow hue which fades slightly 
in drying. 
LEPTOCANTHARELLUS. Pileus thin or submembranous, not glab- 
rous ; stem subelongated, generally hollow. 
