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species by its usually bright orange gills which are regularly 

 and repeatedly forked. . . . The extreme margin is frequently 

 (curved in) decurved or involute. 



It was formerly reputed poisonous or dangerous and credited 

 with having a disagreeable flavor. In my own experiments 

 with it the flavor has been found to be agreeable and fair 

 trials of eating it have shown it to be perfectly harmless. I 

 therefore have no hesitation in adding it to our list of edible 

 species. Peck. 



This orange cantharellus is very co nmon and occurs on the 

 ground or on very rotten wood, logs, branches, etc., from 

 summer to very late autumn. It is easily known by its dull 

 orange or brownish pileus (cap), yellow gills, which are thin 

 and regularly forked and by the pileus being more or less 

 depressed or funnel-shaped. The taste is somewhat nutty, 

 somewhat bitterish. Atkinson. 



Cantharellus cibarius; chantarelle. Plate V, Species 12. 



On ground in woods and open places; commonly in groups, 

 but sometimes in curved lines; June to September; edible. 



Cap fleshy; firm; convex, becoming expanded or depressed 

 at the center (funnel-shaped); smooth; chrome (egg) yellow; 

 the margin when young turning in but later spreading and 

 often wavy or irregular; flesh white; taste when raw often 

 a little pungent or acrid; i to 3 inches broad. 



Gills far apart; thick; narrow; forked; extending down the 

 stem (decurrent) ; yellow. 



Stem variable in length; firm; smooth; solid; yellow; often 

 curved; sometimes tapers downward. By some, it is con- 

 sidered as good as the cap for food; i to 2 inches long; J^ to 

 }i inch thick. 



Spores pale yellowish; elliptic; .0003 inch 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- 

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