THE WHITE-SPORED AGARICS 203 



The stem is short, tomentose-pubescent, ash-colored, solid, often tapering 

 downward. Spores yellowish, oblong-elliptical, uninucleate, 10-12X5/A. Peck, 

 33d Rep., N. Y. 



The plant is small; with us, not more than three inches high and the pileus 

 not more than two inches broad at the top. It differs somewhat in color, in the 

 character oi the folds, and materially in the shape of the margin of the pileus. 

 Found occasionally on the hillsides of Huntington Township, near Chillicothe, 

 July to August. 



Cantharellus cinnabarinus. Seine. 

 This Cinnabar Cantharellus. Edible. 



Cinnabarinus means cinnabar-red, from the color of the plant. 



The pileus is firm, convex, or slightly depressed in the center, often irregular 

 with wavy or lobed margin ; glabrous, cinnabar-red, flesh white. 



The gills are narrow, distant, branched, decurrent, of the same color as the 

 cap, dull on the edge. 



The stem is equal or tapering downward, glabrous, solid, sometimes stuffed, 

 cinnabar-red. 



The spores are elliptical, 8-iOyu, long, 4-5/A broad. 



No one will- have any difficulty in identifying this plant, since its color sug- 

 gests the name at once. It is quite common about Chillicothe and throughout the 

 state. It is found frequently with Craterellus cantharellus. It is a very pretty 

 plant, growing in open woods or along the roadside in woods. It will keep for 

 some time after it is gathered. It is found from July to October. 



Cantharellus infundibuliformis. Fr. 

 Funnel- Shaped Cantharellus. 



Infundibuliformis means shaped like a funnel. 



The pileus is one to two and a half inches broad, somewhat membranaceous, 

 umbilicate, then infundibuliform, usually perforated at the base, and opening 

 into the cavity of the stem, floccosely rugose on the surface, yellowish-gray or 

 smoky when moist, pale when dry, becoming wavy. 



The gills are decurrent. thick, distant, regularly forked, straight, yellow or 

 cenereous, at length pruinose. 



The stem is two to three inches long, hollow, even, smooth, always yellow, 

 slightly thickened at the base. The spores are elliptical, smooth, 9-10x6^. 



They grow on the ground, especially where wood has decayed and become 

 a part of the ground. They also grow on decayed wood. Thev are found from 

 July to October. 



