94 MUSHROOMS. 



Yellow or Orange, 



CANTHAKELLUS AURANTIACUS = orange yeUow, 

 The Orange Chanterelle. 



This species takes its name from its color. 

 Cap is orange yellow, 2 to 3 inches broad, 

 fleshy, soft, depressed, often eccentric, with the 

 stem between centre and margin, and wavy, 

 somewhat tomentose and involute at the mar- 

 gin. Stem 2 inches long, stiiffed, and then 

 hollow, somewhat incurved and unequal, yel- 

 lowish. Gills decurrent, tense, and straight, 

 repeatedly dividing by pairs from below up- 

 ward (dichotomous) and crowded, often crisped 

 at base, orange color. This species grows in 

 woods, and is often found there during the 

 months of autumn. Some consider it poison- 

 ous. 



OANTHARBLLUS INFUNDIBULIFOEMIS = funnel- 

 shaped. 

 The Funnel-Shaped Chantarelle. 



Oap yellow when moist, 1 to 2 inches broad, 

 umbilicate, then funnel-shaped, wrinkled on 

 the surface, at length wavy at margin. Stem 

 2 to 3 inches long, 2 lines thick, hollow (flstu- 

 lose), a little thickened at the base. 



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