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Mossy ground in woods. Catskill and Adirondack Moun- 

 tains, also Sandlake. August- October. 

 This is regarded by some as a variety of C. iubceformis. 



5. Cantharellus ixfundibuliformis Fr. 



Pileus fleshy, thin, umbilicate, then funnel-form, nearly 

 smooth, dingy yellow ; lamellce thick, distant, dichotomously 

 branched, sometimes anastomosing, yellowish, then dull lilac, 

 pruinose ; stipe equal, slender, smooth, hollow, pale yellow. 



Height l'-2', breadth of pileus about 1'. 



In swamps. Sandlake. August. 



6. Caxtiiakellus aukaxtiacus Ft. 



Pileus fleshy, obconic, nearly plane above, smooth or 

 minuteh^ tomentose, dull orange with the disk usually brown- 

 ish, the margin decurved and sometimes yellowish ; lamellse 

 narrow, close, repeatedly forked, orange, sometimes yellowish ; 

 stem inequal, generally tapering upward, colored like the 

 pileus ; flesh yellowish, taste mild. 



Height 2-3', breadth of pileus 1-3', stem 2"- 4" thick. 



Ground and very rotten logs in woods or in fields. Common. 



7. Canthaeellus dichotoius n. sp. 



Pileus fleshy, at first broadly convex, then expanded, 

 obconic with a decurved margin, acutely umbonate, smooth or 

 slightly silky, shining, steel-blue ; lamellse close, rather broad, 

 repeatedly forked, white ; stem long, soft, solid, silky, slightly 

 tapering upward, whitish, usually tinged with the color of the 

 pileus ; flesh whitish. 



Height 3-6', breadth of pileus 6"- 12", stem 2"- 3" thick. 



Damp mossy ground in woods. North Elba. August. 



The white mycelium at the thick base of the stem is abun- 

 dant, and invests the surrounding mosses so closely that it is 

 difficult to pluck the plant entire without taking with it a tuft 

 of moss. The small but prominent acute umbo is rarely 

 wanting. 



Yar. hremor is a smaller form, occurring in open, moss}' 

 places. It is grayish-brown with the umbo wanting or reduced 

 to an acute 2:)apilla and the shorter stem equal and scarcely 

 silky. North Elba and Catskill Mountains. August - October. 

 (Plate 4, figs. 6-9.) 



'^S. Canthaeellus ceispus Fr. 



Pileus thin, expanded, villous or pubescent, yellowish- 

 brown, often lobed and csespitose ; lamellse narrow, close, 



