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but such si)eciuiens grow intermingled with others that are not zonute 

 and arc evidently the same species. In the largei" specimens the 

 pileus is frequently more lobed and irregular than in the others. In 

 these also the lamellae are apt to be less distant and more branched 

 and the interspaces more venose than usual. The color of the lamellae 

 may be yellow, grayish-yellow, subcinereous or even tinged with 

 lilac. The stem in variety typicus is pale-yellow or tiavid, in variety 

 lufeolus it is more or less tinged with red, and in variety subcinereus 

 it has a dingy or smoky tint above. This variety occurs especially 

 among Sphagnum in marshes. 



Caiithai'ellus cinereus Pers. 



Gray Chantarelle. 



Pileus thin, submenibranous, centially depressed or funnel-shaped, 

 often becoming pervious, miimtely hairy or scaly, cinereous or blackish- 

 cinei'eoiis, the margin frequently lobed or irregular ; lamellae thick, 

 distant or subdistant, decurrent, branched and anastomosing, cinere- 

 ous ; stem hollow, often compressed or irregular, cinereous or blackish- 

 cinereous ; spores elliptical, .0003 to .00035 in. h)ng, .0002 to .00025 

 broad. 



Phmt gregarious or caespitose, 1.5 to 3 in. high, pileus 1 to 2 in. 

 broad, stem 2 to 4 lines thick. 



Woods. Greig, Sandkike and Albany. August and September. 



The gray Chantarelle is less common than the preceding species to 

 which it is closely related, but from which it may be distinguished by 

 the absence of yellow hues from its pileus and stem. Its stem is 

 generally conqjaratively thicker and its mode of growth more 

 caespitose. 



Cautharellus pruinosus Pk, 



Frosted Chantarelle. 



Pileus thin, convex, subumbilicate, ^/mnose. ivhite ; lamellae rather 

 broad, distant, long-decurrc;it, sim;ple or rarely branched, white ; stem 

 long, slender, slightly enlarged above, jpruinose, whitish ; spores 

 globose, .0002 to .00025 in. in diameter. 



Plant about 1 in. high, pileus 2 to 3 lines broad, stem scarcely 1 

 line thick. 



Ground in pastures. Sageville. August. 



This is our smallest species, and is one most readily recognized by 

 its slender habit, white color and minutely mealy or pruinose surface. 



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