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white. S. very variable, solid, smooth, a little paler than 
the pileus. “ Very much tufted. Several stems are con¬ 
fluent in such a way as to make it doubtful whether the 
several pilei are really distinct, or are only lobes of one 
large one, the circle of the gills being always incomplete on 
the side of the common centre, the whole forming a lobed 
funnel with deflected edges” (Berkeley). Frequent at the 
base of old beeches, etc., in aut. Smell strong, agreeable, 
spicy, penetrating a considerable distance. Said to be 
edible.- 
CANTHARELLUS 
(Gr. kantharos , a cup—from the cup-shaped pileus of some 
species) 
C. cibarius (cibavia —from its use as food), “ Chantarelle.” 
Plate XV. 3. 
P. 1-4 in., glabrous, lobed, and wavy. F. thick, whitish. 
G. decurrent, distant ; thick, like swollen veins or folds ; 
sinuate. S. 1-2 in., stout, thicker above than below. Entire 
plant the colour of egg-yolk or opaque yellowish-buff; scent¬ 
less when first gathered, developing an odour resembling 
that of fresh apricots in a few hours. Common in late sum. 
and aut. in woods, especially under beech. Subgregarious 
or in rings. Edible. 
C. aurantiacus (auvantiacus, orange-yellow), “ False Chan¬ 
tarelle.” Plate VII. 1. 
P. 1-2 in., depressed, irregular, and wavy; pale orange. 
F. thin. G. decurrent, crowded, rather thin, striated; 
usually bright orange, sometimes the colour of the pileus. 
S. about 1 in. thick, stuffed or imperfectly hollow, coloured 
like the pileus. Gregarious. Common on sandy heaths and 
in fir woods in aut. Supposed to be poisonous. The mould 
commonly seen on the gills is Dactylium dendroides, the 
conidial condition of Hypomyccs melleus. 
