GENERA AND SPECIES OF MUSHROOMS 



yellow, which is very constant. This extends to all "parts of 

 the plant except the inner flesh which is white. 



The orange chantarelle or false chantarelle, Cantharellus 

 aurantiacus, is the only species liable to be mistaken for the 

 edible chantarelle. It may at once be recognized by the 

 orange color of its gills, which are also thinner and more close 

 and are regularly and repeatedly forked. The color of its 

 cap is a paler and more dingy yellow, varied with smoky- 

 brown tints. Peck. 



V, Species 13, also Figure 9. 



In woods and open places; July to September; edible. 



Cap firm; convex or slightly depressed in the center; often 

 irregular in shape, with a wavy or lobed margin; smooth; 

 cinnabar red; flesh white; size, }4 to lyz inches in diameter. 



Gills narrow; blunt on edges; far apart (distant); branched 

 or forked; extending down the stem (decurrent); red like the 

 surface of the cap. 



Stem equal or tapering downward ; smooth ; solid or stuffed ; 

 red like the cap. 



Spores white; elliptic; .0003 to .0004 of an inch long, .00016 

 to .0002 broad. 



The cinnabar chantarelle is readily recognized by its color. 

 It is externally red in all its parts, the interior only being 

 white. The color is quite constant, but in some instances it 

 is paler and approaches a pinkish hue. It is apt to fade or 

 even disappear in dried specimens. 



This mushroom sometimes occurs in great abundance, 

 which adds to its importance as an edible species. The fresh 

 plant has a tardily and slightly acrid flavor, but this disappears 

 in cooking. 



It is a small species but often quite irregular in shape. 

 Small specimens are more likely to be regular than large ones. 



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