636 261. Merul. 11. HYMENOTHECE. Pl. cell. aph. 
E. Merutipex. Volva 0; stem central, lateral or 0; 
collar 0; cap fleshy or membranaceous ; hymenium veiny ; 
veins superficial, distinct, simple or forked.— None are 
poisonous. 
XIX. 261. MERULIUS. | Merule. 
Stem central; cap orbicular, fleshy, convex. 
Merulius aurantiacus. — Orange meru!e. 
Stem ochry-yellow-; cap fleshy, woolly ; veins stiff, 
orange. 
Neanitus aurantiacus, Wulff. Misc. Austr. 2, 107. 
Merulius aurantiacus, Persoon Syn, 488. 
In grass land. 
XX. 262. CANTHARELLUS. Chanterelle. 
Stem central; cap orbicular, fleshy or rather membra- 
naceous, concave, umbilicated. 
1. Cantharellus vulgaris. Common chanterelle. 
Thalli gregarious, ‘entirely yelk-yellow; cap fleshy, bald, 
depressed. 
Agaricus Cantharellus, Lin. S. P. 1641; Sowerby Fungi, 46, 
Merulius Cantharellus, Persoon Syn. 488. 
In woods. 
Esteemed as a sauce; odour like ripe apricocks. 
2. Cantharellus lutescens. Yellowish chanterelle. 
Stem hollow, yellow; cap umbilicated, bald, yellow; veins 
bright grey. 
Neagiens cantharelloides, Sowerby Fungi, AT. 
Helvelia cantharelloides, Bull. Herb. 473. 
Merulius lutescens, Versoon Syn. 489. 
In woods; autymn. 
3. Cantharellus tulceformis. Trumpet chanterelle. 
Thalli gregarious, small; stem yellow, rather thick; cap 
nembraunccous, umbilicated, wrinkly, scaly, brown; veizs 
straight, yellow, rather grey. 
Helvella tubzeformis, Bull. ica AGI. 
Peziza undulata, Bolt. Fung. 105. 
Merulius tubiformis, Persoon Syn, 489. 
4, Cantharellus cornucopioides. Cormicopice chanterelle. 
Thalli in tufts, blackish; cap membranaccous, rather 
scaly; veins scarcely visible. 
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