﻿SPECIES 
  OF 
  CANTHARELLUS. 
  39 
  

  

  Woods, 
  copses 
  and 
  open 
  places. 
  Common. 
  June 
  to 
  September. 
  

  

  The 
  edible 
  Chantarelle, 
  though 
  often 
  irregular 
  in 
  shape, 
  is 
  beauti- 
  

   ful 
  in 
  color. 
  The 
  whole 
  plant 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  clear, 
  rich 
  egg-yellow 
  hue, 
  and 
  

   this, 
  with 
  its 
  solid 
  stem, 
  renders 
  its 
  identification 
  easy. 
  The 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  plant 
  scarcely 
  varies 
  in 
  color, 
  but 
  in 
  Europe 
  there 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  

   white 
  variety 
  of 
  it. 
  When 
  old, 
  the 
  margin 
  first 
  begins 
  to 
  dry, 
  and 
  

   soon 
  assumes 
  a 
  dull 
  reddish-brown 
  hue. 
  The 
  flesh 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  

   and 
  stem 
  is 
  white, 
  though 
  often 
  tinged 
  with 
  yellow 
  near 
  the 
  surface. 
  

   Some 
  authors 
  attribute 
  to 
  it 
  an 
  odor 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  ripe 
  apricots, 
  but 
  I 
  

   have 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  detect 
  any 
  decided 
  odor 
  in 
  it. 
  The 
  lamellae 
  

   vary 
  somewhat 
  in 
  their 
  degree 
  of 
  proximity 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  extent 
  of 
  their 
  ramification. 
  They 
  are 
  sometimes 
  wavy 
  or 
  

   crisped 
  as 
  in 
  some 
  species 
  of 
  Paxillus. 
  The 
  interspaces 
  are 
  usually 
  

   venose. 
  The 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  is 
  generally 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  

   breadth 
  of 
  the 
  pileus. 
  It 
  is 
  more 
  frequently 
  curved 
  or 
  flexuous 
  

   than 
  straight, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  it 
  is 
  narrowed 
  downward. 
  The 
  spores 
  

   are 
  described 
  by 
  most 
  authors 
  as 
  white, 
  but 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  collected 
  on 
  

   white 
  paper 
  they 
  have 
  a 
  slight 
  yellowish 
  or 
  salmon-yellow 
  tint. 
  The 
  

   plant 
  grows 
  either 
  in 
  a 
  scattered 
  manner 
  or 
  arranged 
  in 
  curved 
  lines, 
  

   as 
  if 
  attempting 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  " 
  fairy 
  ring." 
  A 
  favorite 
  habitat 
  is 
  in 
  

   the 
  deep 
  shade 
  of 
  hemlock 
  trees, 
  but 
  it 
  also 
  grows 
  freely 
  and 
  plenti- 
  

   fully 
  in 
  thin 
  woods 
  of 
  deciduous 
  trees 
  in 
  damp, 
  showery 
  weather. 
  

   The 
  species 
  is 
  quite 
  celebrated 
  for 
  its 
  edible 
  qualities. 
  Fries 
  says 
  

   that 
  "it 
  is 
  justly 
  enumerated 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  sapid 
  fungi 
  ; 
  " 
  Bad- 
  

   ham, 
  that 
  "no 
  fungus 
  is 
  more 
  popular;" 
  Berkeley, 
  that 
  "it 
  is 
  

   occasionally 
  served 
  up 
  at 
  public 
  dinners 
  at 
  the 
  principal 
  hotels 
  in 
  

   London 
  on 
  state 
  occasions, 
  when 
  every 
  effort 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  

   rarest 
  and 
  most 
  costly 
  dainties 
  ; 
  " 
  Cooke, 
  that 
  "it 
  is 
  alike 
  esteemed 
  

   in 
  France, 
  Germany, 
  Austria 
  and 
  Italy," 
  and 
  that 
  "it 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  

   uncommon 
  to 
  hear 
  from 
  epicures 
  rapturous 
  encomiums 
  of 
  this 
  golden 
  

   fungus." 
  According 
  to 
  Badham, 
  "it 
  requires 
  to 
  be 
  gently 
  stewed, 
  

   and 
  a 
  long 
  time, 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  tender 
  ; 
  but 
  by 
  soaking 
  it 
  in 
  milk 
  the 
  

   night 
  before, 
  less 
  cooking 
  will 
  be 
  requisite." 
  

  

  Cantharellus 
  cinnabarinus 
  Schw. 
  

   Cinnabar-colored 
  Chantarelle. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  fleshy, 
  rather 
  thin, 
  firm, 
  convex, 
  then 
  depressed 
  or 
  subin- 
  

   fundibuliform, 
  often 
  irregular, 
  cinnabar-red, 
  the 
  margin 
  at 
  first 
  

   inflexed, 
  often 
  lobed 
  in 
  large 
  specimens, 
  flesh 
  whitish, 
  externally 
  

   tinged 
  with 
  red 
  ; 
  lamellae 
  subdistant, 
  branched, 
  decurrent, 
  cinnabar- 
  

  

  