322 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Cantharellus carbonarius. Fr. 



Pileus 1^-2^ in. across, flesh thin r flexible, usually 

 irregular, urabilicate or deeply depressed, minutely squamu- 

 lose, bay then blackish; gills decurrent, straight, narrow, 

 white; stem 1-3 in. long, 23 lines thick, more or less 

 rooting, not unfrequently branched and bearing 2-3 pilei, 

 white or greyish, stuffed ; spores elliptical, smooth, 14-15 x 

 7-8 fi. 



Cantharellus carbonarius, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 456; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 340; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1105. 



Cantharellus radicosus, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., 1134 

 (1860). 



Cantharellus anthracopliilus, Leveille, Ann. Sci. Nat. 1841, 

 p. 236, t. 14, f. 2. 



Merulius carbonarius, Alb. & Schw., p. 375. 



On charcoal or on the ground where charcoal has been 

 burnt. 



A variable species, but recognised by the depressed, 

 blackish pileus and rooting stem, which is sometimes 

 branched. 



Pileus f 1 in. across, deeply umbilicate, dark brown or 

 black, rough with radiating flocci; stem rooting, deeply 

 pallid ; gills narrow, white. Two or three pilei often grow 

 from the same obconical root, which is white and spongy. 

 This agrees in some respects with C. carbonarius, Alb. & 

 Schw., which is said to be a variety of C. umbonatus, and 

 must be therefore very different from the present species. 

 (B. & Br.). 



Cantharellus umbonatus. Fr. 



Pileus up to 1 in. across, fleshy, expanded, umbonate then 

 depressed, slightly flocculose, grey then blackish; gills 

 decurrent, narrow, straight, crowded, shining white ; stem 

 23 in. long, about 2 lines thick, almost, equal, elastic, 

 stuffed, paler grey than the pileus, base downy; spores- 

 elliptical, smooth, 10 x 4-5 /*. 



Cantharellus umbonatus, Fries, Syst. Myc., i. p. 317; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 340; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1106s. 



Among moss, &c. 



Eesembling an Agaric in habit. Allied to C. carbonarius, 

 but distinguished by the regular pileus and the regular, 



