136 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



CKATEKELLUS. Fries, (fig. 6, p. 94.) 



Terrestrial ; more or less infundibuliform, fleshy or mem- 

 branaceous, hymenium external and inferior, glabrous, even 

 or rugulose ; basidia tetrasporous, spores continuous. 



Craterellus, Fries, Epicr., p. 531 ; Stev., Brit. Fung., p. 259. 



Closely resembling in size and habit, certain species of 

 Cantharellus ; in this genus, however, the thick gills are 

 more distinct and usually connected by veins, whereas in 

 the present genus the hymenium is either quite even or at 

 most vaguely rugulose. Allied to the mesopod species of 

 Thelephora. 



* Funnel-shaped, liollow to the base. 



Craterellus lutescens. Fr. 



Pileus infundibuliform, brownish, flocculose, undulated, 

 thin ; stem elongated, hollow, smooth, yellow ; hymenium 

 yellow, at length with anastomosing veins ; spores broadly 

 elliptical, apiculate, colourless, 11-13 X 7-8 /*. 



Craterellus lutescens, Berk., Outl., p. 265; Cke., Hdbk., n. 886; 

 Stev., B. Fung. 259, f. Ixxxiii. 



In woods. Smell strong, spirituous ; size variable, pileus 

 1-4 in. across, stem 1^-3 in. high, solitary or gregarious ; 

 hymenium yellow, tinged orange, red, or ashy. Superficially 

 resembling Cantharellus tubaeformis var. lutescens, but in the 

 latter the gills are more distinct. 



Craterellus cornucopioid.es. Pers. (fig. 6, p. 94.) 

 Pileus deeply infundibuliform, thin, smoky-black, squa- 

 mulose ; stem hollow, smooth, black ; hymenium grey, 

 becoming indistinctly wrinkled ; spores elliptical, apiculate, 

 colourless, 11-12 x 7-8 p.. 



Craterellus cornucopioides, Berk., Outl., p. 266, t. 19, f. 6 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., n. 887, f. 79 ; Stev., B. Fung. ii. 260. 



In woods. Solitary or most frequently tufted, variable in 

 size, 2-3 in. high. Pileus pervious at the base and the 

 cavity continuous with the hollow stem. Some conditions 

 superficially resemble Cantharellus cinereus, but in the latter 

 ihe thick gills are more distinct. 



