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clothed below with a soft white down which binds it closely 

 to the mosses, smooth or with minute fibrils upon it; i to 3 

 inches long. 



Spores white; narrow ellipses .0003 to .0004 long by .00016 

 inch broad. 



The dichotomous chantarelle is a small but common species 

 in our hilly and mountainous districts. 



It is related so closely to Cantharellus umbonatus that it 

 has been sometimes regarded as a variety of it or has even 

 been confused with it, but the gills of that species have been 

 described as straight, and in our plant they are constantly 

 repeatedly forked as in C. aurantiacus and C. albidus. Peck. 



Cantharellus floccosus; floccose chantarelle. Plate V, 

 Species 16. 



On ground in woods; in groups; July to September; edible. 



Cap funnel-form or trumpet-shaped, deeply excavated; 

 firm; rather thin; surface somewhat scaly; yellowish inclining 

 to rusty; 2 to 4 inches broad at the top, 3 to 6 inches long. 



Gills narrow; thick; blunt on the edge; repeatedly forked 

 and branched so that the lower surface of the cap has a coarse 

 network of them; gills and interspaces rusty or yellowish; 

 extending down the stem. 



Stem short; smooth or hairy; sometimes elongated and bent. 

 ' Spores rusty colored; elliptic; .0005 to .0006 inch long by 

 .0003 inch broad with a small oblique point at one end; usually 

 with one nucleus. 



The floccose chantarelle is a large and very distinct species. 

 There is nothing with which it can easily be confused. When 

 young it is narrowly club-shape or almost cylindric, but soon 

 becomes trumpet-shaped. My trial of its edible qualities was 

 very satisfactory, and I consider it a very good mushroom for 

 the table. Peck. 



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