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b. Pileus luteous or egg-yellow c. 



c. Stem thick, solid 2. 



c. Stem sleuder, stuffed or hollow 3. 



b. Pileus brownish-yellow d. 



d. Hymenium yellow, uot pruinose 4. 



d. Hymenium becoming lilac-pruinose 5. 



a. Lamellae repeatedly forked, regular e. 



e. Lamellffi orange-colored 6. 



e. Lamellae white 7. 



Plant lignatile, stem lateral 8. 



1. Canthakellus FLOCCOSUS SclllD. 



Pileus flesliy, elongated funnel-form or trumpet shape, floc- 

 cose-squamose, ochraceous-yellow ; lamellae veinlike, close, 

 miich anastomosing above, long decurrent and subparallel 

 below, concolorous ; stipe very short, thick, rarely deeply 

 rooting. 



Height 2-4', breadth of pileus at the top l'-3'. 



Woods and their borders. iSTot rare. Utica, Johnson. 

 Albany and Sandlake. July and August. 



2. Cantharellus cibarius Fr. 



Pileus fleshy, obconic, smooth, egg-yellow, slightly de- 

 pressed ; lamellae thick, distant, more or less branching and 

 anastomosing, concolorous ; stipe firm, solid, often tapering- 

 downward, concolorous, flesh white. 



Height 2-4', breadth of pileus 2-3', stipe 3"- 6" thick. 



In open woods and grassy places. Common. July and 

 August. 



Edil)le. The smell of aj)ricots is not alwaj's clearly percep- 

 tible in American specimens. 



3. Cantharellus :\iinor n. sp. 



Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then expanded and depressed, 

 egg-yellow ; lamellae very narrow, distant, sparingly branched, 

 yellowish ; stipe slender, subflexuous, equal, smooth, hollow 

 or stuffed, concolorous. 



Height l'-2', breadth of pileus 6"- 12". 



In open woods. Greenbush. July. 



4. CaNTHARELLUS LUTESCEIS^S Bull. 



Pileus thin, fleshy, convex, umbilicate, brownish-floccose, 

 yellowish ; lamellae very distant, sparingly branched, arcuate- 

 decurrent, pale ochraceous ; stipe slender, slightly tapering 

 downward, smooth, shining, bright orange-tinted yellow, 

 stuff*ed or hollow. 



Height 2'- 3', breadth of pUeus 8"- 15". 



