SPECIES OF CANTE ARELL US. 35 



In Leptooanthabellus the pileus la fleshy but thin, and lloecose, 

 fibrillose or pruinose. Ii is umbilicate, centrally depressed orfunnel- 

 Bhaped and sometimes pervious. The lamella' arc mostly sparingly 

 branched, and the slender stem is generally hollow. The last three 

 groups contain Bpecies which have their respective counterparts or 

 corresponding species in the genus Craterellua 



In the diagnosis of the genus which I have quoted the spores are 

 said to be while. bu1 in some of our species they vary considerably 

 from this color. 



The name of the genus is derived from cantharus, a kind of drink - 



Synopsis of the Species. 



1 Lamella thin, regularly ami repeatedly dichotomous. 2. 



2 Lamella' orange-colored. C. aurantiacas. 



2 Lamella' white. C. umbonatus. 

 1 Lamella' thick, simple or irregularly branched. 3. 



3 Stem very short, hairy or subtomentose. 4. 



4 Pileus tier. -os. '-scaly. C. floCCOSUS. 



4 Pileus glabrous. C. brevipes. 

 3 Stem longer, glabrous. 5. 



5 Pileus glabrous, yellow. 6. 



6 Pileus thick, stem solid. C. cibarius. 



6 Pileus thin, stem staffed or hollow. C. minor. 

 f) Pileus g-labroi is, cinnabar-red. C. cinnabarinus. 

 5 Pileus not glabrous. 7. 



7 Floccose or tibrillose. 8. 



8 Dingy-yellow or brownish. C. infundibuliformis. 



8 Dingy-cinereous or blackish-cinereous. C. cinereus. 



7 Pruinose. C. pruinosus. 



Agaricoides. Lamellae thin, close, regularly dichotomous. 

 Cantharellus juiraiitiacus Waif. 



Orang-e Chantarelle. False Chantarelle. 



Pileus fleshy, thick, soft, minutely tomentose, plane or slightly 

 depressed, yellovyish-orange, often tinged with smoky-brown, the mar- 

 gin decurved or involute, flesh whitish or yellowish ; hunelhe narrow, 

 close, repeatedly forked, decurrent, bright-orange i sometimes yellow- 

 ish ; stem equal or slightly tapering upward, solid, subconcolorous ; 

 spores subelliptical, .00025 to .0003 in. long, .00016 to .00018 broad. 



Plant 2 lo :) in. high, pileus 1 to 3 in. broad, stem 2 to 5 lines thick. 



Ground and much decayed wood. Common in hilly and moun- 

 tainous districts. Jtllv to October. 



