GILL FUNGI 



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CAXTIIAKELLUS 



Related to H y g r o p h o r u s, but distinguished from it and all the preceding 

 by the gills, which are obtuse and vein-like, instead of plate-like. The cap is more 

 or less top-shaped or funnel-form, and ty[)ically yellow to orange in our species. 

 Both species are edible, according to iMcIlvaine. The name refers to the vase-like 

 form. 



Key to the Species 



1. Cap bright yellow, smooth C. ciharius 



2. Cap orange to brownish-orange, somewhat hairy or silky C. aurantiacus 



Cantharellus cibarius Yellow Chanterelle 



Cap 3-8 cm. wide and high, light or liright vellow, smooth, convex to plane 

 or somewhat depressed and top-shaped, often irregular and one-sided ; stem short 



Figure 24. Cantharellus 



CIBARIUS 



and stout, 2-3 cm. by 1-2 cm., yellow, tapering downward, solid; gills thick and 

 obtuse, running down the stem, yellow, more or less branched and united, distant ; 

 spores ellipsoid, 8-10 X 5-6/*. The name refers to the great value of the plant 

 as food. 



In woodland and grassland, in summer and early autumn ; famed since the 

 earliest times as one of the most delicious of mushrooms. 



Cantharellus aurantiacus Orange Chanterelle 



Cap 3-8 cm. wide and high, dull orange, brownish on the disk or somewhat 

 brown-orange all over, finely silky, convex to plane and funnel-form, the margin 



