. British fungi (hymenomycetes). Basidiomycetes; Fungi -- Great Britain. CANTHARELLUS. 131 separable, viscid pellicle, which is at first flesh-colour, then Russula. presently changing colour, becoming yellow at the disc and at length wholly yellow, margin even, then slightly striate. Stem as much as cent. (3 in.) long, but thin, somewhat hollow, slightly striate, white. Gills more or less adnexed, thin, crowded, equal, narrow, somewhat forked, light-yellow-ochraceous. Mild, inodorous, very fragile. Pileus rosy-blood-red, purplish lilac, &c. Sometimes even at the first yellowish at the
. British fungi (hymenomycetes). Basidiomycetes; Fungi -- Great Britain. CANTHARELLUS. 131 separable, viscid pellicle, which is at first flesh-colour, then Russula. presently changing colour, becoming yellow at the disc and at length wholly yellow, margin even, then slightly striate. Stem as much as cent. (3 in.) long, but thin, somewhat hollow, slightly striate, white. Gills more or less adnexed, thin, crowded, equal, narrow, somewhat forked, light-yellow-ochraceous. Mild, inodorous, very fragile. Pileus rosy-blood-red, purplish lilac, &c. Sometimes even at the first yellowish at the disc. In woods. Rare. Sept. Name—from its changing colours like the chameleon. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 204. Hym. Eur. p. 455. B. & Br. n. 1014. C. Hbk. n. 640. S. Mycol. Scot, n. 613. GENUS XL — Cantharellus Adans. — (Kdrtapos, a vase or cup.) Fr. Syst. Myc. i. p. 316. Hymenophore continuous with the stem, descending un- changed into the trama. Gills thick, fleshy -waxy, fold-like, somewhat branched, obtiise at the edge. Spores white. Fleshy, mem- branaceous, putresceiit fungi, without a 'veil. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 455. The distinguishing character of the genus consists in the fold-like gills. The Mesopodes commonly grow on the ground ; the rest com- monly on mosses, very rarely on wood. Intermediate between Aga- ricus and Craterellus. Some are edible, others reckoned poisonous. Canthar- ellus-. I. MESOPUS (jueVo?, middle ; TTOVS, a foot). Pileus entire. Stem central. * Pileus and solid stem fleshy. ** Pileus somewhat membranaceous, stem tubular and polished. II. MERISMA (fxept^w, to divide). Stems very numerous, united into an elongated column or branched. LI. Cantharellus cibarius. One- third natural size. j/, the side; TTOV'S, a foot). Dimidiate, stem exactly III. PLEUROPUS lateral. IV. RESUPINATUS (resupinatus, lying on the back). Pileus entire, at first cup-shaped, adfixed by the vertex, then somewhat reflexed. * Bryophili (moss-loving). ** Lignatiles (growing on wood), d
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