20 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



2. Cap, gills, and flesh, yellow H. nitidus 



Cap white or dark gray 3 



3. Cap white, covered with light yellow floccose scales at 



involute margin H. chrysodon 



Cap dark gray, without scales on even margin H. calophyllus 



4. Cap red, or tinged with red 5 



Cap not red 8 



5. Cap 2 to 4 inches broad, blood-scarlet; flesh of same 



color H. puniceiis 



Cap less than 2 inches broad 6 



6. Cap distinctly conical H. conicus 



Cap convex, becoming plane 7 



7. Gills connected by veins; cap bright scarlet, becoming 



pale with age H. coccineus 



Gills not connected by veins ; cap red or red-yellow . . . 



H. miniatiis 



8. Gills distinctly decurrent H. ceraceus 



Gills decurrent only by a tooth H. chlorophanus 



9. Cap shining white H. virgineus 



Cap not white 10 



10. Cap gray H. caprimis 



Cap yellow or buff H. pratensis 



CANTHARELLUS Adanson. 



Cap and stem tubular 1 



Cap and stem solid . . . , 3 



1. Cap thin, funnel-shaped; stem smooth. .C. infmidibuliformis 

 Cap fleshy 2 



2. Surface of cap densely covered with floccose scales ; cap 



yellow, elongated, funnel-shaped or trumpet-shaped 



C. iioccosus 

 Surface of cap smooth, tan-colored C. hrcvipes 



3. Plants red 4 



Plants yellow or gray 5 



4. Surface and flesh of plants deep blood-red. .C. cinnabarinus 

 Surface of cap pink ; flesh white C. rosellns 



5. Cap dark gray; flesh thin; gills white C. dichotomus 



Cap yellow or orange 6 



