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MUSHROOMS. liDllil.K AND OTHERWISE 



Cqntharellus brevipes. Pk. 

 Thk Short-Stemmed Qan.thareu.us. Edible. 



Brevipes is from brezis, short; pes, foot; so called because of its short stem. 



The pileus is fleshy, olKonic. glabrous, alutaceous, or dingy cream-color, the 

 thin margin erect, often irregular and lobed, tinged with lilac in the young plant ; 

 folds numerous, nearly straight in the margin, abundantly anastomosing below ; 

 pale umber, tinged with lilac. 



Figure 161. Cantharellus cinnabarinus. Cap and strm cinnibar-red, 

 flesh white. Natural size. 



