White-spored Series 



GENUS CANTHARELLUS 



The members of the genus Cantharellus differ from all other 

 gill-bearing fungi in that the gills are in the form of shallow folds 

 growing down the stem. The folds are generally narrow and 

 forked or branching. The name Cantharellus, meaning little 

 cup or goblet, refers to the shape of the fungus, some of the 

 species being so deeply depressed that a cup not unlike a tall 

 goblet results. 



Cantharellus floccosus (Edible) 



(SEE PLATE FACING PAGE 138) 



Cap or Pileus Funnel form or trumpet 

 shaped, depressed even into the 

 stem. The surface of the depression 

 is woolly or scaly. The scales some- 

 times persist and sometimes dis- 

 appear. Reddish yellow, fading to 

 yellow. 



GUIs or Lamella Blunt, narrow, close; 

 forked branched so as to appear as a 

 network. Yellow to yellow brown. 



Stem or Stipe Short, smooth, or hairy. 

 Sometimes extending like a root 

 among fallen leaves. 



Spores White. 



Flesh White, thin. 



Time July to September. 



Habitat In groups in woods. The 

 specimen pictured was found grow- 

 ing in moss by a stream among 

 laurels and rhododendrons. Section of c. floccosus 



GENUS AMANITOPSIS 



The genus Amanitopsis has white spores, the gills free from 

 the stem, and at the base of the stem a volva, the remains of the 

 wrapper which enclosed the young plant. There is no annulus 

 or ring on the stem, a feature which separates the genus Amani- 

 topsis from the genus Amanita. This ring is easily lost, however. 

 Amanitopsis is dangerous to beginners, because an Amanita may 

 so easily be mistaken for it. 



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