SYSTEMATIC INDEX. 



tuberculose. Flesh usually floccose, lax and 

 friable. Stem spongy, at length soft and hollow. 

 Gills almost all equal, simple, broadest in front, 

 free in the pileus when closed. 



Gen. 11. CANTHARELLUS, Adans. 

 Hymenophore continuous with the stem, descending un- 

 changed into the trama. Gills thick, between fleshy and 

 waxy, fold-like, rather branched, edge obtuse. Spores 

 white. Fleshy membranaceous putrescent fungi, veil none. 



i. Mesopus. Pileus entire. Stem central. 



