106 Cantharellus. 



CANTHARELLUS, Adans. 

 A. MESOPUS. Pileus entire. Stem central. 



* Pileus and stem fleshy and solid. 



cibarius. Every part opaque yellowish-buff. P. 37 cm. wavy 

 then turbinate, glabrous ; g. thick, distant ; s. 3 5 cm. narrowed 

 below ; sp. 9 x 5 6. 



Edible. Smell none when fresh, like apricots when kept for some 

 time. Sometimes all whitish. 



var. rufipes, Gillet. Flesh pale ochraceous, s. rufous at base. 



[ametnysteus, Q. P. thick, egg-yellow, edge flocculose violet 

 flesh-colour ; g. reticulate, yellow ; s. obconic, colour of p. ; sp. 

 11 long. 



Friesii, Q. P. 2 3 cm. convex then depr. villose, somewhat 

 orange ; g. fold-like, branched, yellow ; s. 2 cm. slender, downy, base 

 white, narrowed ; sp. 6 7 x 2 3. 



With gills of C. cibarius and habit of C. aurantiacus. 



aurantiacus, Fr. P. 2 4 cm. thin, depr. soft, subtomentose, 

 dingy orange then pale ; g. crowded, dichotomous, orange, rather 

 broad; s. 12 cm. expanding upwards, orange, base often dark; 

 sp. 10x5. 



Poisonous. Perhaps should be placed under Clitocybe. 



[hypnorum, Brond. P. campan. tomentose, yellowish or pale 

 ochre; g. decur. branched, yellow; s. slender, solid, wavy, almost 

 glabrous, yellowish. 



[rufescens, Fr. P. plano-depr. almost glabrous, gilvous, thin ; g. 

 crowded, thin ; s elongated, stuffed, narrowed upwards. 



[olidus, Q. ( = (7. rufescens, Q. not Fr.) P. fleshy, edge downy, 

 white, convex then cyathiform, flesh white then pinkish; g. decur. 

 pinkish ; s. rosy ; sp. 3 4 long. 



Taste sweetish. Smell of burnt sugar when dry. 



[brachypodes, Chev. P. thin, infundib. almost glabrous, fuscous; 

 the short stuffed stem and straight gills yellowish. 



Brownii, B. and Br. P. rather fleshy, convex, subumb. pale 

 ochre then reddish ; g. very narrow, simple or forked, whitish ; 

 s. 3 5 cm. slender, tough ; sp. 7 x 5. 



Gills very narrow, vein-like, hardly decur. 



[subdenticulatus, Mont. Small, entirely apricot colour. P. 

 rather scurfy, convex and umb. then subdepr. edge spinously toothed ; 

 gills fold-like, thickish, decur. ; s. solid, flocculose above, base narrowed ; 

 sp. globose. 



