Agaricaceae 

 CanthareUus. Spores 6x8/4 W.G.S.; 7.6x5/4 Morgan; spheroid-ellipsoid, 8-9x5-6/4 



(Plate XLVII.) 



CANTHARELLUS CIBARIUS. 



Reported from the Atlantic to 

 the Pacific and from Columbia 

 river to Louisiana. June to Sep- 

 tember. 



Wherever grown C. cibarius is 

 one of the best. In European 

 countries it is highly rated, and 

 is expensive. Its mode of growth 

 varies with its plentifulness. In 

 the West Virginia mountains large 

 patches of it closely cover the 

 ground. Clusters weighing % 

 pound are frequent. 



When shredded, or cut across 

 the fibers, slow cooking for half 

 an hour is sufficient, if the plants 

 are fresh. If gathered for some> 

 hours, they should be soaked for 

 a time. 



C. mi'nor Pk. Pileus fleshy, thin, convex then expanded and de- 

 pressed, egg-yellow. Grills very narrow, distant, sparingly branched, 

 yellowish. Stem slender, subflexuous, equal, smooth, hollow or stuffed, 

 concolorous. 



Height 1-2 in., breadth of pileus 6-12 lines. 



In open woods. July. Peck, 23d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Spores 6.4-7.6x4-5/4 Peck. 



West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania. Mcllvaine. 



Grows in the West Virginia mountains, along with C. cibarius, and 

 separate from it. It is more tender than C. cibarius, and not equal in 

 flavor to those found there. I usu'ally cooked them together and thus 

 got quantity well flavored. 



C. auranti'acus Fr. orange-yellow. (Plate CXXXVI, fig. 4, p. . ) 



Pileus fleshy, obconic, nearly plane above, smooth or minutely tomen- 

 tose, dull orange with the disk usually brownish, the margin decurved 



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