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even; stem stuffed, then hollow, soft, white; gills free,crowded, connected by veins, egg-yellow.—A. luteus, Huds.

In woods. Scotland, Klotzsch. Small. Pileus yellow.

24. R. vitellina, Fr.; strong-scented, mild; pileus sub-membranaceous, self-coloured, at length tuberculato-striate;disc minute, slightly fleshy; stem slender; gills distant, con-nected by veins, nearly /ree, equal, saffron-yellow.— Batsch,f. 72.

In fir-woods, etc. Not uncommon. A small species, scarcelyexceeding an inch in diameter, with a short slender stem.Pileus mostly yellow, occasionally tinged with purple. Not,I think, always strong-scented.

10. CANTHARELLTJS, Fr.

Hymenophorum inferior, confluent with the floccose trama.Gills thick, swollen, somewhat branched. Edge obtuse.

1. C. cibarius, Fr.; egg-yellow; pileus fleshy, at firstcurved, smooth, at length turbinate; stem solid, attenuateddownwards; gills thick, distant, of the same colour.— Grev.t. 258.

In woods. Common. Esculent. Smell like that of ripeapricots. Taste agreeable, but pungent. There is a white va-riety of this, as also of the next.

2. C. aurantiacus, Fr.; of a more or less decided orange;pileus fleshy, soft, depressed, tomentose, unequal, as well asthe stuffed stem ; gills crowded, straight, darker than thepileus. (Plate 14, fig. 1.)

In fir-woods and on heaths. Common. Smaller than thelast, often extremely beautiful. Stem frequently black at thebase. Scarcely esculent.

3. C. Brownii, B. and Br. ; ochraceous-white or cream-