SPECIES OF CANTHAREI.LUS. 41 



Cantliarellus infundibuliformis Scop. 



Funnel-shaped Chantarelle. 



Pileus thin or submembranous, convex unci 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 ; lamellae 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. typtcus. Pileus dingy-yellow ; stem pale-yellow. 



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

 convex, umbilicate, dingy-yellow ; lamellae 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 

 G. cinereus on one hand, and, through variety luteolus, C. 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 lamellae become frosted or pruinose in appear- 

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

 Fries, is a distinguishing feature of G infundibuliformis. In the 

 description of C. tubceformis, as given in the Handbook, the lamellae 

 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, 



