﻿NEW 
  YOEK 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  CANTHAKELLUS, 
  

  

  CANTHARELLUS 
  Adans. 
  

  

  11 
  Hymenophorum 
  continuous 
  with 
  the 
  stem, 
  descending 
  unchanged 
  

   into 
  the 
  trama. 
  Lamellae 
  thick, 
  fleshy 
  or 
  waxy, 
  fold-like, 
  sub- 
  

   branched, 
  obtuse 
  on 
  the 
  edge. 
  Spores 
  white. 
  Fleshy 
  or 
  membranous 
  

   putrescent 
  fungi 
  destitute 
  of 
  a 
  veil." 
  Hymen. 
  Europ., 
  p. 
  455. 
  

  

  The 
  prominent 
  distinguishing 
  characters 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  are 
  the 
  

   fleshy 
  substance 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  and 
  the 
  obtuse 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  lamellae. 
  

   In 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  these 
  are 
  either 
  dichotomously 
  branched 
  or 
  

   reticulately 
  or 
  anastomosingly 
  connected 
  with 
  each 
  other. 
  They 
  are 
  

   so 
  narrow 
  and 
  thick 
  in 
  some 
  species 
  that 
  they 
  appear 
  more 
  like 
  folds 
  

   or 
  veins 
  than 
  like 
  lamellae. 
  When 
  a 
  transverse 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  lamellae 
  

   is 
  made 
  their 
  fold-like 
  character 
  becomes 
  apparent. 
  The 
  hymenial 
  

   substance 
  covers 
  the 
  entire 
  lower 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  and 
  hence 
  the 
  

   interspaces 
  are 
  fertile 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  lamellae. 
  Although 
  some 
  species 
  

   formerly 
  included 
  in 
  this 
  genus 
  are 
  now 
  excluded, 
  it 
  still 
  contains 
  

   some 
  incongruous 
  members. 
  Thus 
  C. 
  floccosus 
  bears 
  very 
  little 
  

   general 
  resemblance 
  to 
  C. 
  infundibuliformis, 
  and 
  O. 
  aurantiacus 
  looks 
  

   strangely 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  C 
  pruinosus. 
  It 
  has, 
  therefore, 
  seemed 
  best 
  

   to 
  group 
  the 
  species 
  into 
  subgenera 
  or 
  sections 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  

   natural 
  affinities. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  section 
  Agaricoides 
  the 
  pileus 
  is 
  fleshy 
  and 
  is 
  rapidly 
  nar- 
  

   rowed 
  below 
  into 
  the 
  stem. 
  The 
  lamellae 
  are 
  very 
  thin 
  and 
  close, 
  

   resembling 
  much 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Agarici, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  obtuse 
  on 
  the 
  

   edge 
  and 
  regularly 
  and 
  sometimes 
  repeatedly 
  dichotomous. 
  The 
  

   species 
  of 
  this 
  group 
  are 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  Agarici. 
  

  

  In 
  Eucantharellus 
  the 
  pileus 
  is 
  narrowly 
  obconic 
  and 
  tapers 
  

   downward 
  gradually 
  till 
  it 
  is 
  lost 
  in 
  the 
  short 
  stem. 
  Sometimes 
  the 
  

   spreading 
  margin 
  makes 
  it 
  trumpet-shaped. 
  The 
  lamellae 
  are 
  very 
  

   narrow, 
  thick 
  and 
  abundantly 
  and 
  reticulately 
  branched. 
  

  

  In 
  Cantharellus 
  (proper) 
  the 
  pileus 
  is 
  fleshy, 
  glabrous 
  and 
  more 
  

   horizontally 
  expanded, 
  and 
  the 
  lamellae 
  are 
  broader, 
  more 
  distant, 
  

   and 
  more 
  sparingly 
  branched 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  group. 
  The 
  

   stem 
  is 
  also 
  longer 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  pileus. 
  

  

  