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  CRATERELLUS 
  Fr. 
  

  

  11 
  Hymenium 
  waxy 
  -membranous, 
  distinct, 
  but 
  adnate 
  to 
  the 
  

   hymeuophorum, 
  definitely 
  inferior, 
  continuous, 
  glabrous, 
  even 
  or 
  

   rugose. 
  Spores 
  white. 
  

  

  " 
  Terrestrial, 
  fleshy 
  or 
  membranous, 
  autumnal 
  fungi, 
  related 
  to 
  

   the 
  Cantharelli 
  and 
  furnished 
  with 
  an 
  entire 
  pileus 
  and 
  a 
  stem. 
  11 
  

   Hymen. 
  Eurqp., 
  p. 
  630. 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  is 
  intimately 
  related 
  to 
  Cantharellus 
  on 
  one 
  hand, 
  and 
  

   by 
  its 
  nearly 
  even 
  hymenium 
  it 
  approaches 
  Thelephora 
  and 
  Clavaria 
  

   on 
  the 
  other. 
  So 
  intimate 
  is 
  its 
  relationship 
  with 
  Cantharellus 
  that, 
  

   in 
  the 
  Sy 
  sterna 
  Mycologicum, 
  its 
  species 
  were 
  referred 
  to 
  that 
  genus, 
  

   and 
  in 
  his 
  later 
  work, 
  the 
  Hymenomycetes 
  Europaei, 
  Professor 
  Fries 
  

   justly 
  remarks 
  that 
  the 
  analogy 
  between 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   genera 
  is 
  wonderful. 
  Indeed, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  these 
  genera 
  

   cannot 
  readily 
  be 
  distinguished 
  without 
  an 
  inspection 
  of 
  the 
  hyme- 
  

   nium, 
  so 
  closely 
  do 
  they 
  resemble 
  each 
  other 
  in 
  size, 
  shape 
  and 
  color. 
  

   The 
  species 
  of 
  Craterellus 
  have 
  the 
  hymenium 
  nearly 
  even, 
  or 
  merely 
  

   rusrose 
  or 
  rugose- 
  wrinkled, 
  the 
  folds 
  or 
  wrinkles 
  being 
  irregular 
  or 
  

   indistinct, 
  or 
  so 
  interwoven 
  and 
  lost 
  in 
  each 
  other 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  hyme- 
  

   nium 
  that 
  any 
  particular 
  one 
  cannot 
  readily 
  be 
  traced 
  from 
  the 
  stem 
  

   to 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  pileus, 
  as 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  in 
  species 
  of 
  Cantharellus. 
  

   In 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  the 
  wrinkles 
  are 
  more 
  distinct 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  

   than 
  in 
  others, 
  and 
  often 
  they 
  are 
  more 
  distinct 
  in 
  the 
  fresh 
  plant 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  dried 
  one. 
  In 
  all 
  our 
  species 
  the 
  hymenium 
  is 
  decurrent. 
  

   The 
  pileus 
  is 
  frequently 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  split 
  or 
  lobed 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  

   and 
  sometimes 
  is 
  divided 
  nearly 
  to 
  its 
  base. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  clear 
  why 
  the 
  

   genus 
  should 
  be 
  characterized 
  as 
  "autumnal/' 
  for 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

   occur 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  July. 
  Jn 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  older 
  works 
  these 
  fungi 
  are 
  

   distributed 
  in 
  the 
  genera 
  Cantharellus, 
  Merulius, 
  Elvella 
  and 
  Peziza. 
  

   The 
  name 
  Craterellus 
  signifies 
  a 
  little 
  cup, 
  and 
  has 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  

   shape 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  in 
  some 
  species. 
  

  

  