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even; stem stuffed, then hollow, soft, white; gills free, 

 crowded, connected by veins, egg-yellow. — A. luteus, Huds. 



In woods. Scotland, Klotzsch. Small. Pileus yellow. 



24. R. vitellina, Fr. ; strong-scented, mild ; pileus sub- 

 meml)ranaccous, self-coloured, at length tuberculato-striate ; 

 disc minute, slightly fleshy; stem slender; gills distant, con- 

 nected, by veins, nearly free, equal, saflron-yellow\ — Batscfi, 

 f.72. 



In fir- woods, etc. Not uncommon. A small species, scarcely 

 exceeding an inch in diameter, with a short slender stem. 

 Pileus mostly yellow, occasionally tinged with purple. Not, 

 I think, alwaj^s strong-scented. 



10. CANTHARELLUS, Fr. 



Hymenophorura inferior, confluent with the floccose trama. 

 Gills thick, swollen, somewhat branched. Edge obtuse. 



1. C. cibarius, Fr. ; egg-yellow; pileus fleshy, at first 

 curved, smooth, at length turbinate ; stem solid, attenuated 

 downwards ; gills thick, distant, of the same colour. — Grev. 

 t. 258. 



In woods. Common. Esculent. Smell like that of ripe 

 apricots. Taste agreeable, but pungent. There is a white va- 

 riety of this, as also of the next. 



2. C. aurantiacus, Fr. ; of a more or less decided orange ; 

 pileus fleshy, soft, depressed, tomentose, unequal, as well as 

 the stuffed stem ; gills crowded, straight, darker than the 

 pileus. (Plate 14, fig. 1.) 



In fir-woods and on heaths. Common. Smaller than the 



last, often extremely beautiful. Stem frequently black at the 

 base. Scarcely esculent. 



3. C. Brownii, B. and Br. ; ochraceous-white or cream- 



