Thelephoraceae 



C. COrmiCOpoi'des Pers. cornu and copies, horn of plenty. (Plate Cratereiius. 

 CXXXVI, fig. 8, p. 508.) Cap dark sooty shades of gray or brown 

 shades of well-worn velveteen 1-2 in. across, whole plant from 2-4 

 in. high, trumpet-shaped, or like a funnel with its open mouth, plane, 

 wavy, split or in folds. Substance very thin and either brittle or tough. 

 The inside is sometimes minutely scaly, the opening extending to the 

 base; outside, where the spores are borne, it has neither gills, pores nor 

 protuberances, but a slightly uneven surface varying little in color. 

 Stem obsolete or seldom noticeable. Odor slight. 



Spores pointed, 1 1-12x7-8/4 Massee. 



Grows single, clustered or in troops along shaded roads, or from leaf 

 mold and ground in woods. July to frost. 



Large patches, clustered, grow near stumps in moist places on Bo- 

 tanic Creek, West Philadelphia. It is plentiful near Haddonfield, N. 

 J., at Mt. Gretna, Pa., and many other places in the United States. 



It is not pleasant to look upon, because of its peculiar color, but 

 when one gets used to it it has an attractiveness of its own. Its graceful 

 shape, even its funereal hue and name Trompet du Morte are alluring. 



It dries well, and when moistened expands to its normal size. It is 

 a first-class edible fungus. It should be stewed slowly until tender. 



C. clava'tus Fr. clava, a club. Pileus 2 in. broad, somewhat light- 

 yellowish, fleshy, top-shape, truncate or depressed, flexuous, unpolished, 

 attenuated into the solid stem. Flesh thick, white. Hymenium even, 

 then corrugated, purplish then changing color. Fries. 



Spores elliptical, pale-yellow, 10- 12x4-5^ Massee. 



Professor Peck notes that the species so closely resembles Cantharellus 

 cibarius that it might easily be mistaken for a deformed condition of it. 



The resemblance to the yellow forms of Clavaria pistillaria is marked. 



Massachusetts, Sprague, Farlow ; New York, Peck, Rep. 32; West 

 Virginia, Pennsylvania, Mcllvaine. 



An excellent species. Its scarcity is regrettable. 



C. du'bius Pk. Pileus infundibuliform, subfibrillose, lurid-brown, 

 pervious to the base, the margin generally wavy and lobed. Hymenium 

 dark cinereous, rugose when moist, the minute crowded irregular folds 

 abundantly anastomosing, nearly even when dry. Stem short. Spores 

 broadly elliptical or subglobose, 6-7.5/4 long. 



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