GENERA AND SPECIES OF MUSHROOMS 



center of the cap, mark it as an easy plant to determine in 

 most cases. The colors and markings however, vary greatly, 

 so that some of the forms are very puzzling. Atkinson. 



The genus Cantharellus 



The genus Cantharellus is distinguished by the character of 

 the gills which have an obtuse or blunt edge and are mostly 

 forked or branched. They are also generally narrow. In 

 general appearance the species are not much unlike species 

 of Clitocybe for the gills extend down the stem (decurrent), 

 but their thick branching habit and blunt edge give the plant 

 a distinct character. In many species the gills look like 

 veins, folds or wrinkles, but in some species, as Cantharellus 

 aurantiacus, they are rather thin and broad. All species 

 grow on the ground except C. crispus. 



Species of Cantharellus 



Cantharellus aurantiacus; orange chantarelle; false 

 chantarelle. Plate IV, Species ii. 



On ground; in woods and uncultivated places; July to 

 October; edible. 



Cap fleshy; soft; plane or depressed at the center (funnd- 

 shaped) ; covered with a fine wooly surface (minutely tomen- 

 tose) ; yellowish-orange, sometimes tinged with smoky-brown, 

 or brownish in the center only; flesh whitish or yellowish; 

 I to 3 inches broad. 



Gills narrow; extending down the stem (decurrent); close 

 together; reddish orange; repeatedly forked. 



Stem cylindric or slightly tapering upward; smooth; solid; 

 color of cap or paler; sometimes becoming hollow with age 

 (Atkinson); i to 3 inches long; ye to ^ inch thick. 



Spores white; slightly elliptic; 6-8 x 4-5 microns in diameter. 



The orange chantarelle is sharply separated from the other 

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