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red; stem glabrous, solid, cinnabar-red ; spores subelliptical, .0003 

 to .0004 in. long, .0002 to .00025 in. broad. 



Plant 1 to 2 in. high, pileus 8 to 16 lines broad, stem 2 to 4 lines 

 thick. 



Thin woods and open places. Sand lake, Brewerton and Forest- 

 burgh. July to September. 



This Chantarelle is beautifully colored, though frequently irregular 

 in shape. It is closely related to the preceding species, from which 

 its color, smaller size and comparatively broader lamellae distinguish 

 it. It varies slightly in the depth of its color, the pileus being some- 

 times tinged with yellow. It is difficult to preserve its red hue in the 

 dried specimens. The width of the lamellae is generally equal to or 

 greater than the thickness of the flesh of the pileus. The flesh has 

 a slightly pungent or peppery taste. The species was placed by Fries 

 in the genus Hygrophorus, but it is a genuine Cantharellus. 



Cant liar ellus minor Pk. 



Small Chantarelle. 



Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then expanded, often umbilicate or 

 centrally depressed, glabrous, yellow, flesh, pale-yellow ; lamellae 

 narrow, distant, sparingly branched, yellow ; stem slender, subflexu- 

 ous, subequal, smooth, stuffed or hollow, yellow, with a whitish 

 mycelium at the base ; spores subelliptical, .00025 to .0003 in. long, 

 .00016 to .0002 in. broad. 



Plant gregarious or subcaespitose, 1 to 1.5 in. high, pileus 6 to 12 

 lines broad, stem 1 to 2 lines thick. 



Thin woods and open places. Greenbush and Sandlake. June 

 and July. 



This is a very small Chantarelle. It is colored like O. cibarius, 

 from which it is distinguished by its smaller size, thin and frequently 

 umbilicate pileus, comparatively broader lamellae, and more slender 

 stem, and smaller spores. In very small or young specimens the 

 stem sometimes appears to be solid, but in large and mature speci- 

 mens it is stuffed or hollow, especially in the upper part. By this 

 character it connects this section with the next. In wet weather the 

 pileus is moist and has a watery-yellow hue which fades slightly 

 in drying. 



Leptocantharellus. Pileus thin or submembranous, not glab- 

 rous ; stem subelongated, generally hollow. 



