636 261. Merul. 1 1. HYMENOTHECEiE. Pl.cell.aph. 
E. Merulideje. Volva 0 ; stem central, lateral or 0 ; 
collar 0 ; cap fleshy or membranaceous ; hymenium veiny ; 
veins superficial, distinct, simple or forked. — None are 
poisonous. 
XIX. 261. MERULIUS. Merule. 
Stem central ; cap orbicular, fleshy, convex. 
Merulius aurantiacus. Orange merule . 
Stem ochry-yellow ; cap fleshy, woolly ; veins stifij 
orange. 
Agaricus aurantiacus, Wulff. Misc. Austr. 2, 107. 
Merulius aurantiacus, Persoon Syn. 4S8. 
In grass land. 
XX. 262. CANTHARELLUS. Chanterelle . 
Stem central; cap orbicular, fleshy or rather membra- 
naceous, concave, umbilicated. 
1. Caniharellus vulgaris. Common chanterelle . 
Thalli gregarious, entirely yelk-yellow; cap fleshy, bald, 
depressed. 
Agaricus Cantharellus, Lin. S. P. 1641 ; Soiverby Fungi , 46. 
Merulius Cantharellus, Persoon Syn. 488. 
In woods. 
Esteemed as a sauce ; odour like ripe apricocks. 
2. Cantharellus lutescens . ' Yellowish chanterelle. 
Stem hollow, yellow; cap umbilicated, bald, yellow; veins 
bright grey. 
Agaricus cantharelloides, Sowerby Fungi , 47. 
Helvella cantharelloides, Bull. Herb. 478. 
Merulius lutescens, Persoon Syn. 489. 
In woods; autumn. 
3. Cantharellus tulceformis . Trumpet chanterelle. 
Thalli gregarious, small ; stem yellow, rather thick ; cap 
membranaceous, umbilicated, wrinkly, scaly, brown; veins 
straight, yellow, rather grey. 
Helvella tubaeformis. Bull. Herb. 461. 
Peziza undulata. Bolt. Fung. 105. 
Merulius tubiformis, Persoon Syn. 489. 
4. Cantharellus cornucopioides. Cornucopice chanterelle. 
Thalli in tufts, blackish ; cap membranaceous, rather 
scaly ; veins scarcely visible. 
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