CANTHARELLUS. 135 



moist, becoming pale when dry, somewhat membranaceous, Canthar- 

 umbilicate then infundibuliform, here and there pervious to the ellus> 

 \)*sz t floccoso-ivrinkkd on the surface, at length undulated at the 

 margin. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, about 4 mm. (2 lin.) 

 thick, fistulose, somewhat thickened at the base, even, smooth, 

 always light yellow. Gills decurrent, thick, distant, dichoto- 

 mous, tense and straight, sometimes light yellowish, sometimes 

 cinereous, especially when old and then pruinate. 



Gregarious, somewhat csespitose. Often not easily distinguished from C. 

 tubceformis. It does not approach Crat. lutescens. The colours are less 

 intense, moderately persistent when dried. 



In woods. Common. July-Oct. 



Spores sphoeroid-ovoid, 9-11x7-8 mk. K. Name infundibulum, a fun- 

 nel ; forma, form. Funnel-shaped. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 208. Hym. Eur. p. 

 458. Berk. Out. p. 216. C. Hbk. n. 646. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 618. Meru- 

 lius Scop. Sow. t. 47. Krombh. t. 46. /. 7-9. Fl. Dan. t. 1617. 



11. C. cinereus Fr. Pileus 2.5-5 cent - (*- 2 in -) and more 

 broad, hoary-fuliginous, somewhat membranaceous, infundibuli- 

 form, pervious as far as the base of the stem, villoso-squamulose. 

 Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 4-8 mm. (2-4 lin.) thick, hollow, 

 manifestly attenuated downwards, smooth, fuliginous - blackish. 

 Gills decurrent, thick, very distant, connected by veins but not 

 much branched, cinereous. 



As C. tubceformis resembles Crat. lutescens this entirely resembles Crat. cor- 

 nucopioides, but is very easily distinguished from it by the hymenium being 

 in the form of gills. 



In woods. Rare. Halifax, &c. 



Spores 15 x 8 mk. B. & Br. Name cinis, ashes. From the cinereous 

 gills. Fr. Monogr. ii. /. 209. Hym. Eur. p. 458. Berk. Out. p. 216. 

 B. & Br. n. 1016*, 1139*. C. Hbk. n. 648. Krombh. t. 45. /. 12. Merulius 

 Pers.Bull. t. 465. /. 2. 



12. C. cupulatus Fr. Pileus 12 mm. (}4 in.) broad, pallid 

 fuscous when damp, becoming pale, somewhat rufescent, when 

 dry, membra.r\a.ceous,ptano-mfundt'l>u/zf0rm (exactly cup-shaped), 

 repand, not zoned, when moist smooth, striate at the margin, 

 when dry even, flocculose. Stem scarcely 2.5 cent, (i in.) long, 

 i m. (% Hn.) thick, stuffed, equal, tense and straight, tough, 

 smooth, paler than the pileus. Gills decurrent, very distant, 

 branched with many clefts, with some simple ones intermixed, 

 broad, but obtuse at the edge, grey. 



The branches on the gills ramify in a fasciculate manner. It must not be 

 confounded with Xerotus degener. 



In waste places. Rare. Oct. 



