GENERA AND SPECIES OF MUSHROOMS 



Sometimes the cap is more fully developed on one side than 

 on the other. This makes the stem eccentric or in some cases 

 almost lateral. 



Cantharellus crispus; Species 14. No illustration. 



On wood, trunks of trees, etc. September to November; 

 in tufts often. 



Cap thin ; expanded ; villous or pubescent (covered with soft 

 hairs, downy); yellowish brown; often lobed; 4 to 8 inches 

 broad. 



Gills narrow; close together; dichotomously branched 

 (forked); crisped (wavy or curled); glaucus — (grayish) green. 



Stem lateral (at the margin) or absent. 



Spores white. 



Cantharellus dichotomus ; dichotomous chantarelle; prob- 

 ably identical with Cantharellus umbonatus Fr. Plate 

 V, Species 15. 



On ground in woods among mosses or in pastures and bushy 

 places among grasses and fallen leaves; in groups; July to 

 September. 



Cap rather conical when young, becoming convex, plane or 

 depressed at the center when mature; margin turned in and 

 downy when young; fleshy; soft and flexible; sometimes with 

 a small knob at the center; smooth; dry; color variable, 

 grayish-white, grayish-brown, yellowish-brown, blackish- 

 brown or bluish-gray ; flesh v/hite ; taste mild ; >^ to i ^ inches 

 broad. 



Gills narrow; close together; forked i, 2 or 3 times; extend- 

 ing down the stem; white or whitish; sometimes tinged with 

 yellow. 



Stem sometimes tapering upward a little; solid; whitish or 

 pallid or color of the cap, and when growing among mosses is 



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