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times tinged with orange. The scales are sometimes thick and per- 

 sistent, and again thin and sul)evanescent. The pileus is depressed or 

 umhiMcate at a very earl}^ age, and it frequently becomes pervious 

 Avhen mature. The interstices or reticulations formed by the anas- 

 tomosing of the lamellae are in some specimens as broad as long, in 

 others much longer than broad. The stem is often, though not 

 always, somewhat tomentose. 



Cantharellus brevipes Pk. 



Short-stemmed Chantarelle. 



Pileus fleshy, narrowly obconic, glabrous, alutaceous or dingy cream 

 color, the thin margin erect, often irregular and lobed, tinged with 

 lilac in the young plant, flesh soft, whitish ; lamellae numerous, nearly 

 straight on the margin, abundantly anastomosing below, pale umber 

 tinged icith lilac ; stem short, tomentose-pubescent, solid, cinereus, 

 often tapering downwards ; spores yellowish, oblong-elliptical, uninu- 

 cleate, .0004 to .0005 in. long, .0002 in. broad. 



Plant subcaespitose, 3 to 4 in. high, pileus 2 to 3 in. broad, stem 

 4 to 6 lines thick. 



Woods. Ballston. July. 



This is a very rare species. It occurred in very limited quantity 

 in 1879, in the locality mentioned, and has not since been found. It 

 is smaller than C. Jloccosus, more ctespitose in its mode of growth, 

 and with thinner lamella3. The thick fleshy pileus is neither pervious 

 nor umbilicate and but slightly depressed. 



Cantharellus. Lamellm narroiv, distant, sparingly and irregu- 

 larly branched or anastomosing ; pileus fleshy, glabrous ; stem fleshy, 

 generally solid. 



Cantharellus cibarius Fr. 



Edible Chantarelle. 



Pileus fleshy, firm, conv3x, then expanded or slightly depressed, 

 glabrous, yellow, the margin at first involute, then spreading, often 

 wavy or irregular, flesh white within ; lamellae narrow, thick, distant, 

 decurrent, somewhat branched or anastomosing, yellow ; stem firm, 

 glabrous, solid, yellow, sometimes tapering downwards ; spores sub- 

 elliptical, .0003 to .0004 in. long, .0002 to .00025 broad. 



Plant 1.5 to 4 in. high, pileus 1.5 to 4 in. broad, stem 3 to 6 lines 

 thick. 



