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from dilute or sordid purplish becoming yellowish, often plicate- striate 
to the middle. 
10. R. turEA, Vent.—Mild. Pileus a little firm, plano-depressed; the 
cuticle viscid, expallent; the flesh white; the margin even. Stipe 
stuffed then hollow, soft, white. Lamellz narrow, free, close, venose- 
connected, egg-yellow. Spores yellow. 
In beech woods. Pileus 14-24 in. broad, stipe 1-14 in. long. An 
elegant plant; pileus from a beautiful yellow becoming pale. The 
plant I have so referred has the lamelle at first white and the stipe 
yellow like the pileus; it may be a new spccies. 
Note.—The Russule form a very natural assemblage related to Lac- 
tarii, but differing from them in the absence of the milky juice. But 
various Russule exude drops of water, especially in wet weather. The 
species are quite difficult of determination, particularly on account of 
their variable colors. 
Genus [X.—CANTHARELLUS, Adans. 
Hymenophore contiguous with the stipe, descending unchanged into 
the trama. Lamelle thick, fleshy-waxy, in the form of folds, somewhat 
branched, the edge obtuse. 
a. Plant eqgg-yellow. 
1. C. crpartus, Fr.—Egg-yellow. ileus fleshy, firm, at first repand, 
glabrous, at length turbiuate. Stipe solid, tapering downward. Lam- 
ellz thick, distant, concolorous. Spores white, oval, .0076<.0050 mm. 
In woods. Pileus 1-3 in. broad, stipe 1-2 in. long, and about 4 an 
inch thick. This is the famous Chantrelle, esteemed as a delicacy 
from the most ancient times. It is not common with us; but is oc- 
casionally met with along with its not distant relative Craterellus 
laterttius, Berk. The latter is distinguished from the former by the 
hymenial surface being even or merely wrinkled, not lamellose. 
2. C. mtnor, Peck.—Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then expanded and 
depressed, egg-yellow. Stipe slender, subflexuous, equal, smooth, 
stuffed or hollow, concolorous. Lamelle very narrow, distant, sparingly 
branched, yellowish. Spores white, .007x.004 mm. 
On the ground in open woods. Pileus 1-2 in. broad, stipe 1-2 in. 
long. My specimens are rather of a brownish yellow. The pileus is 
much thinner, and the stipe more slender than in C. cibarius ; the two 
are clearly distinguishable. 
