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AGARICACE/E
L. CANTHARELLUS Juss.
(From the cup-shaped pileus of some of the species;
Gr. kantharos, a cup.)
Veil obsolete. Hymenophore continuous and homogeneous with
the stem, when latter is present. Pileus fleshy to membranous. Stem
Fig. f —A, section of Cantharellus cibarius F r. One-half n atural size. B, C. muscigenus F r., entire and in section. N a tu ra l size.
central, excentric or obsolete, exannulate, without cartilaginous bark.
Gills decurrent, thick, fleshy-waxy, fold-like, somewhat branched,
edge obtuse, trama floccose. Spores white. (Fig. 64.)
The species grow on the ground and on mosses, rarely on wood.
Some are edible, others are said to be poisonous. Sporodinia
Aspergillus sometimes grows on Cantharelli. Species 1370—1388
a. Mesopodx. Stem central.
Pileus entire, solid. Stem fleshy. 1370— 1376
Pileus somewhat membranous. Stem tubular, shining.
1377—1384
b. Pleuropodx. Dimidiate. Stem lateral. 1385, 1386
c. Resupinatx. Resupinate. 1387, 1388
a.
1370. C. cibarius Fr. (from its use as fo od ; cibaria) a b c . Egg-
yellow.
P. convex to depressed, turbinate, smooth; marg. often repand
and irregular. St. solid, attenuate downwards. G. shallow,
narrow, much swollen.
In troops, clusters or rings. Edible. Taste pleasant; odour when mature
strong of apricots or ripe greengages, sometimes heavy or earthy and
somewhat pungent. Woods, chiefly beech, oak, chestnut; common.
July-Dee. 4 x i f X f in. Sold in Italian markets under the name of
Gallinaccio ; at Cordova under the name of Encina; in French markets in
a dried state on strings. Var. rujipes Gill., red at base of stem. There is
a white and a yellowish-white var.
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1371. C. Friesii Quél, (after Elias Fries) abc.
P. convex to infundibuliform, fleshy, villous, somewhat orange.
St. solid, attenuate downwards, yellowish-white or pale orange.
G. narrow, yellow or orange.
Woods, on elder. Aug.-Nov. iJ X ® X A in. Intermediate between
1370 and 1372.
1372. C. aurantiaeus Fr. (from its golden yellow colour; aurantiacus,
orange-yellow) abc.
P. plane to infundibuliform, somewhat thin, subtomentose ; marg.
undulate, at first involute, orange-ochreous ; mid. sienna.
St. stuffed to hollow, attenuate downwards, ochreous or reddish,
sienna or black at base. G. crowded, thin, deep orange or
orange-vermilion.
Gregarious. Said to be poisonous. Taste unpleasant. Woods, chiefly
pine, heaths, on elder, on grass-roots. Oct.-Dec. 34 X 2 x J in.
Possibly a Clitocybe rather than a Cantharellus. There is a white arid a
yellowish-white var. with white gills. A mould, Dactylium. dendroides,
the conidial stage of Hypomyces rosellus, is common on the gills of this
fungus.
1372a. C. hypnorum Brond. (from its habitat, moss, Hypnum).
P. campanulato-convex then expanded and slightly depressed ;
marg. incurved, minutely downy, pale primrose-yellow to pale
ochre. St. slender, slightly flexuous, almost glabrous, yellow,
sometimes darker than P. near base. G. thin, edge acute,
somewhat crowded, branched, decurrent, yellow. Flesh thin,
whitish.
Cudworth, Yorks. Sept. 1905. 14 X i in. Allied to 1372, but differing
in colour, P. less tomentose and spores smaller.
1373. C. Brownii B. & Br. (after J. Brown) a b. Ochreous-white.
P. convex, obtuse or umbonate, thin, obscurely silky. St. stuffed,
equal, somewhat furfuraceous. G. subdecurrent, linear, narrow,
subdistant, sometimes branched.
Amongst grass. Autumn. ® X iJ X pg in.
1374. C. earbonarius Fr. (from its habitat, burnt wood and earth;
carbo, charcoal) abc.
P. convexo-umbilicate to infundibuliform, striato-squamulose,
date-brown to dark purple-slate and black. St. solid, attenuate
downwards, often deeply rooting, yellowish-white above, as P.
below. G. narrow, white.
Often fasciculate. Charcoal beds, burnt ground. July-Dee. 2§ X i X J in. ;
rooting stem 2j in. Often grows in company with 183 and 277, to which
small examples of 1374 are not unlike.
1375. C. umbonatus Pers. (from the sometimes umbonate pileus;
abc.
P. convex and umbonate to depressed, even, dry, floccoso-silky,
cinereous-blackish, somewhat pale slate or umber-slate. St.