ILLUSTRATIONS OF FUNGI— XXXIII 



William A. Murrill 

 (With Plates 2-9) 



The last article of this series, devoted to Boletus luteus, Tylopi- 

 lus alboater, and Armillaria nardosmia, appeared in Mycologia. for 

 March, 1920. To illustrate the species included in the present 

 article, I shall use photographs made from the fresh specimens. 



Chanterel floccosus Schw. 

 , Floccose Chanterel 



Plate 2. X Va 



Pileus elongated trumpet-shaped to funnel-shaped, closed at the 

 top when very young, becoming deeply infundibuliform, firm, 

 fleshy, gregarious to subcespitose, 5-14 cm. broad, 10-18 cm. high; 

 surface floccose, with persistent or evanescent scales, bright-yellow 

 when young, some shade of orange when mature, fading at times ; 

 margin concolorous, rarely tinged with lilac, undulate, involute 

 when dry; context thin, white, sweet, edible; hymenium cremeous 

 at first, then ochraceous, rarely pale-umber tinged with lilac, finally 

 ochraceous-brown throughout ; lamellae thick, close, narrow, decur- 

 rent, repeatedly forked, branching or anastomosing; spores ellip- 

 soid, smooth, ochraceous, 14x7/1; stipe short, glabrous or hairy, 

 whitish at the base when young, becoming cremeous or ochraceous. 



This species, which was originally described from the Pocono 

 Mountains in Pennsylvania, is large, handsome, and edible. It is 

 to be looked for in damp places in dense woods throughout most of 

 the eastern United States, occurring from Maine to Alabama and 

 west, even to Oregon and Washington. It can not be called com- 

 mon, although I have at times found it fairly abundant in favored 

 spots. The illustration is taken from a handsome photograph 

 made in October, 192-1, at Mount Vernon, New York, by Mr. 

 A. W. Dreyfoos, and donated by him to the Garden herbarium. 

 It shows well the peculiar and characteristic appearance of the 

 surface of the pileus in its younger stages. 



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