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405. Cantharellus aureolas. Cke. <5* Mass. Grev. xviii., 4. 
Caespitose, golden ; pileus thin, plane, then depressed, delicately 
pubescent, margin indexed (£-£ in. broad) ; stem slender (1 in. 
long), equal, faintly striate ; gills numerous, rather crowded, very 
narrow, adnate, decurrent ; spores globose, 5-6 y diam. Whole 
plant dark gold colour. 
On the ground. Queensland. 
406. Cantharellus viscosus. Berk. Hook. Journ. 1845, 49. 
Sacc. Syll. 1893. 
Wholly of a beautiful yellow ; pileus viscid, infundibuliform, 
repand, somewhat undulate (1£ in. or more across); stem (1 in. 
high) gradually increasing upwards to the base of the gills (£ in. 
thick), pruinose with yellow; gills furcate, decurrent; spores 
bright ochraceous, oblique, yellow under the microscope. 
On the ground, amongst twigs. W. Australia. 
407. Cantharellus politus. Gke. Mass. Grev. xvi., 32. 
Pileus rather fleshy, convex, depressed, at length infundibuli- 
form, smooth, even, viscid, very shining, chestnut colour (1-1£ in. 
broad) ; stem nearly equal, stuffed, pallid without and within (1 in. 
long, 3-4 lines thick) ; gills thick, rather distant, branched, pallid 
cinereous. Spores cylindrical, 14-15 x 4 y.. 
In fern gully. Victoria. (Fig. 43). 
408. Cantharellus strigipes. Berk. FI. Tasm. n., 225. 
£ucc. Syll. 1899. 
Pileus liver-colourod, convex (6-7 m.tn. diam.) ; stem of the 
same colour, attenuated upwards, arising from tawny strigose hairs 
(25 m.m. long). Gills narrow, radiating. 
Amongst ferns. Tasmania. 
409. Cantharellus pusio. Berk. Hook. Journ. vm., 134. 
Sacc. Syll. 1914. 
Becoming whitish. Pileus infundibuliform, striate, powdery 
flocculose (8-9 m.m. broad) ; stem dilated upwards (2£ c.m. long, 
scarcely 1 m.m. thick), brown when dry, and powdery; gills very 
narrow, decurrent, interstices nearly even. 
On the ground. Victoria. Tasmania. 
410. Cantharellus cinereus. Fr. Hym. Fur. 458. Cooke 
Ulus. t. 1110a. Sacc. Syll. 1919. 
Pileus submembranaccous, infundibuliform, pervious to the base, 
villoso-squamu/ose, dingy black ; stem hollow, of the same colour 
(6 c.m. long) ; gills thick, distant, cinereous. Spores 7 x 5 p. 
In woods. Tasmania. 
411. Cantharellus leucophteus. Nouel. Mem. Lille 1831, 
t. 1, f. 2, 3. Fr. Uym. Fur. 458. Cooke Illus. t. 1111a. 
Sacc Syll. 1920. 
Pileus submembranaceous, tough, infundibuliform, smooth , 
umber; stem stuffed, thin, even, of the same colour, a little 
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