﻿SPECIES 
  OF 
  CANTHAREI 
  LUS. 
  41 
  

  

  Cantliarellus 
  infimdibuliformis 
  Scop. 
  

   Funnel-shaped 
  Chantarelle. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  thin 
  or 
  submembranous, 
  convex 
  and 
  umbilicate, 
  then 
  funnel- 
  

   shaped 
  and 
  often 
  pervious, 
  slightly 
  floccose 
  or 
  fibrillose, 
  uneven, 
  vary- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  color 
  from 
  dingy-yellow 
  to 
  dark 
  watery-brown 
  when 
  moist, 
  

   grayish 
  or 
  grayish-yellow 
  or 
  grayish-brown 
  when 
  dry, 
  the 
  margin 
  

   frequently 
  wavy, 
  irregular 
  or 
  lobed 
  ; 
  lamella?, 
  narrow, 
  thick, 
  decur- 
  

   rent, 
  distant, 
  irregularly 
  or 
  dichotomously 
  branched, 
  yellow 
  or 
  sub- 
  

   cinereous, 
  becoming 
  pruinose, 
  the 
  interspaces 
  generally 
  venose 
  ; 
  stem 
  

   rather 
  slender, 
  glabrous, 
  hollow, 
  yellow 
  ; 
  spores 
  broadly 
  elliptical, 
  

   .00035 
  to 
  .00045 
  in. 
  long, 
  .0003 
  to 
  .00035 
  in. 
  broad. 
  

  

  Var. 
  typicus. 
  Pileus 
  dingy-yellow 
  ; 
  stem 
  pale-yellow. 
  

  

  Var. 
  luteolus. 
  (Cantharellus 
  lutescens, 
  23d 
  Rep., 
  p. 
  122.) 
  Pileus 
  

   convex, 
  umbilicate, 
  dingy-yellow 
  ; 
  lamella? 
  very 
  distant, 
  sparingly 
  

   branched, 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  stem 
  yellow, 
  tinged 
  with 
  red 
  or 
  orange. 
  

  

  Var. 
  zonatus 
  Fr. 
  Pileus 
  zonate. 
  

  

  Var. 
  subcinereus. 
  Pileus 
  dark 
  watery-brown 
  when 
  moist, 
  gray 
  or 
  

   grayish-brown 
  when 
  dry 
  ; 
  stem 
  yellowish, 
  dingy 
  above. 
  

  

  Plant 
  gregarious 
  or 
  subcsespitose, 
  1.5 
  to 
  4 
  in. 
  high, 
  pileus 
  6 
  to 
  18 
  

   lines 
  broad, 
  stem 
  1.5 
  to 
  3 
  lines 
  thick. 
  

  

  Woods 
  and 
  swamps 
  among 
  moss 
  or 
  fallen 
  leaves 
  and 
  on 
  decayed 
  

   wood. 
  Common. 
  June 
  to 
  October. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  so 
  variable 
  that 
  it 
  seems 
  desirable 
  to 
  designate 
  its 
  

   principal 
  varieties 
  by 
  name. 
  Through 
  variety 
  subcinereus 
  it 
  approaches 
  

   C. 
  cinereus 
  on 
  one 
  hand, 
  and, 
  through 
  variety 
  luteolus, 
  O. 
  tubceformis 
  

   on 
  the 
  other. 
  Indeed, 
  so 
  closely 
  is 
  it 
  allied 
  to 
  this 
  last-named 
  species 
  

   that 
  the 
  two 
  were 
  united 
  in 
  Systema 
  Mycologicum. 
  But 
  in 
  all 
  our 
  

   forms 
  or 
  varieties 
  the 
  lamella? 
  become 
  frosted 
  or 
  pruinose 
  in 
  appear- 
  

   ance, 
  and 
  this 
  character, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  descriptions 
  of 
  Professor 
  

   Fries, 
  is 
  a 
  distinguishing 
  feature 
  of 
  C. 
  infimdibuliformis. 
  In 
  the 
  

   description 
  of 
  C. 
  tubceformis, 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Handbook, 
  the 
  lamella? 
  

   of 
  it 
  also 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  " 
  frosted 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  bloom," 
  but 
  the 
  dimen- 
  

   sions 
  there 
  ascribed 
  to 
  its 
  stem 
  and 
  spores 
  do 
  not 
  correspond 
  to 
  those 
  

   of 
  any 
  of 
  our 
  specimens. 
  In 
  our 
  plant 
  the 
  pileus 
  of 
  fresh 
  growing 
  

   specimens 
  has 
  a 
  moist 
  or 
  watery 
  appearance, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  moisture 
  

   evaporates 
  the 
  color 
  becomes 
  paler. 
  The 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  

   is 
  a 
  little 
  uneven, 
  and 
  the 
  fibrils 
  are 
  so 
  arranged 
  that 
  they 
  give 
  it 
  a 
  

   somewhat 
  streaked 
  or 
  virgate 
  appearance 
  approaching 
  sometimes 
  

   to 
  a 
  subreticulate 
  aspect. 
  Occasionally 
  the 
  pileus 
  is 
  slightly 
  zonate, 
  

  

  