EDIBLE FUNGI. 



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Cantharellus cibarius (Chantarelle). 



" When young its stalk is tough, white, and solid ; 

 but as it grows this becomes hollow and presently 

 changes to yellow ; tapering below, it is effused into the 

 substance of the pileus, which is of the same colour with 



Fig. 39. Cantharellus cibarius (Chantarelle). Woods, autumn; 

 rich golden yellow ; diameter, 2 to 4 inches. 



it. The pileus is lobed, and irregular in shape ; its 

 margin at first deeply involute, afterwards when ex- 

 panded, wavy. The veins or plaits, are thick, subdistant, 

 much sinuatttd, running some wav down the stalk. The 



