﻿SPECIES 
  OF 
  CANTHARELLUS. 
  37 
  

  

  If 
  of 
  fair 
  size 
  in 
  the 
  fresh 
  plant 
  it 
  becomes 
  small 
  and 
  inconspicuous 
  

   in 
  the 
  dried 
  specimen. 
  In 
  consequence 
  of 
  this 
  disagreement 
  between 
  

   the 
  American 
  plant 
  and 
  the 
  descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  European, 
  the 
  former 
  

   was 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  distinct, 
  and 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  Twenty-third 
  Ee- 
  

   port 
  as 
  Cantharellus 
  dichotomies; 
  but 
  from 
  its 
  close 
  agreement 
  in 
  

   other 
  respects 
  I 
  am 
  now 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  our 
  plant 
  is 
  but 
  a 
  variety 
  

   of 
  the 
  European, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  modified 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

   so 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  include 
  our 
  forms. 
  I 
  have 
  looked 
  in 
  vain 
  for 
  a 
  de- 
  

   scription 
  of 
  the 
  spore 
  characters 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  Euro- 
  

   pean 
  works 
  at 
  my 
  command. 
  These 
  characters 
  here 
  given 
  are 
  taken 
  

   from 
  the 
  American 
  plant. 
  Should 
  they 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  differ 
  from 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  plant, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  keep 
  our 
  plant 
  

   distinct. 
  In 
  ours, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  European, 
  wounds 
  of 
  the 
  flesh 
  and 
  

   lamellae 
  often 
  change 
  to 
  a 
  reddish 
  hue, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  the 
  lamellae 
  

   assume 
  this 
  color 
  in 
  drying. 
  When 
  growing 
  among 
  mosses 
  the 
  stem 
  

   is 
  often 
  considerably 
  elongated, 
  and 
  the 
  white 
  tomentum 
  at 
  its 
  base 
  

   so 
  closely 
  invests 
  the 
  surrounding 
  mosses 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  pluck 
  

   the 
  plant 
  entire 
  without 
  taking 
  with 
  it 
  a 
  tuft 
  of 
  moss. 
  

  

  Eucantharellus. 
  Lamellae, 
  very 
  narrow, 
  thick, 
  vein-like, 
  abun- 
  

   dantly 
  branching 
  or 
  anastomosing 
  ; 
  pileus 
  narrowly 
  obconic 
  ; 
  stem 
  

   very 
  short. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  appear 
  thus 
  far 
  to 
  be 
  peculiar 
  to 
  America. 
  

  

  Cantliarellus 
  iloccosus 
  /Schw. 
  

  

  Floccose 
  Chantarelle. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  fleshy, 
  firm, 
  elongated 
  funnel-form 
  or 
  trumpet 
  shape, 
  floc- 
  

   cose-scaly, 
  ochraceous-yellovj 
  ; 
  lamellae 
  thick, 
  narrow, 
  close, 
  abun- 
  

   dantly 
  anastomosing 
  above, 
  long-decurrent 
  and 
  subparallel 
  below, 
  

   subconcolorous 
  ; 
  stem 
  very 
  short, 
  thick, 
  sometimes 
  with 
  a 
  flexuous, 
  

   root-like 
  prolongation 
  ; 
  spores 
  ochraceous, 
  narrowly 
  elliptical, 
  .0005 
  

   to 
  .0006 
  in. 
  long, 
  .0003 
  in. 
  broad, 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  apiculus 
  at 
  

   one 
  end. 
  

  

  Plant 
  2 
  to 
  5 
  in. 
  high, 
  pileus 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  in. 
  broad, 
  stem 
  4 
  to 
  8 
  lines 
  

   thick. 
  

  

  Woods 
  and 
  their 
  borders. 
  Common. 
  July 
  and 
  August. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  our 
  largest 
  species 
  of 
  Chantarelle. 
  At 
  first 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  

   almost 
  cylindrical, 
  it 
  being 
  scarcely 
  broader 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  gradually 
  expands 
  above 
  and 
  spreads 
  its 
  margin 
  until 
  it 
  

   becomes 
  trumpet-shaped. 
  The 
  pileus 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  plant 
  is 
  some- 
  

  

  