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AGARICACE^E 



Cantharellus 



L. CANTHARELLUS Juss. 



(From the cup-shaped pileus of some of the species ; 

 Gr. kantharos, a cup.) 



Veil obsolete. Hymenophore continuous and homogeneous with 

 the stem, when latter is present. Pilens fleshy to membranous. Stem 



Fig. 64. A, section of Cantharellus cibarius Fr. One-half natural size. 

 B, C. muscigenus Fr., entire and in section. Natural size. 



central, excentnc or obsolete, exannulate, without cartilaginous bark. 

 Gills decurrent, thick, fleshy-waxy, fold-like, somewhat branched, 

 edge obtuse, trama floccose. Spores white. (Fig. 64.) 



The species grow on the ground and on mosses, rarely on wood. 

 Some are edible, others are said to be poisonous. Sporodinia 

 Aspergillus sometimes grows on Cantharelli. Species 1370 1388 



a. Mesopoda. Stem central. 



Pileus entire, solid. Stem fleshy. 1370 1376 



Pileus somewhat membranous. Stem tubular, shining. 



13771384 



b. Pleuropoda. Dimidiate. Stem lateral. 1385, 1386 



c. Resupinata. Resupinate. 1387, 1388 



a. Mesopoda. 



1370. C. cibarius Fr. (from its use as food ; cibarid) a b c. Egg- 

 yellow. 



P. convex to depressed, turbinate, smooth; marg. often repand 

 and irregular. St. solid, attenuate downwards. G. shallow, 

 narrow, much swollen. 



In troops, clusters or rings. Edible. Taste pleasant ; odour when mature 

 strong of apricots or ripe greengages, sometimes heavy or earthy and 

 somewhat pungent. Woods, chiefly beech, oak, chestnut; common. 

 July-Dec. 4 x if X $ in. Sold in Italian markets under the name of 

 Gattinaccio ; at Cordova under the name of Encina ; in French markets in 

 a dried state on strings. Var. rufipes Gill., red at base of stem. There is 

 a white and a yellowish-white var. 



