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with entire confidence. According to Cordier it is a delicious 

 mushroom with a pleasant taste and an agreeable odor. Richon 

 and Roze say it has excellent qualities but it needs proper season- 

 ing. One of the most commendable of the edible russulas, 

 edible, but its flavor is improved by cooking, edible but in little 

 demand, are other opinions recorded concerning it. My own 

 experience indicates it as of second-rate quality, but entirely 



harmless. 



Cantharellus Adans. 



The genus Cantharellus is separated from all the preceding 

 genera by the character of the lamellae. These have an obtuse 

 or blunt edge, and are mostly forked or branched. They are 

 generally narrow. In general appearance the species are not 

 much unlike species of Clitocybe, for the gills are usually decur- 

 rent, but their thick branching and anastomosing habit and blunt 

 edge give a very distinct character to the hymenium. 



Cantharellus cibarius Fr. 



Chantahellb. 



Plate 33. 



Pileus fleshy, firm, convex, becoming expanded or slightly 

 depressed, glabrous, yellow, the margin at first involute, then 

 spreading and often wavy or irregular; lamellae narrow, thick, 

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

 glabrous, solid, yellow ; spores elliptical, pale yellowish, .0003 to 

 .0004 inch long. 



The Chantarelle is beautiful in color if not in shape, and is 

 most easily recognized. Its color is a uniform rich egg-yellow, 

 which is very constant. This extends to all parts of the plant 

 except the inner flesh, which is white. The suface of the cap is 

 smooth, but owing to the lobing and wavy character of the mar- 

 gin the shape is often irregular and unsymmetrical. The cap is 

 generally convex or nearly flat above, but sometimes it is cen- 

 trally depressed. It is gradually narrowed downwards to the 

 stem, often presenting the general outline of a broad inverted 

 cone. 



The gills are narrow, with a rounded or blunt edge and with 

 irregular branches which often connect with adjacent gills. In 

 some individuals they are more branched than in others. 



