considers it "a perfectly safe species, but not of
first-rate quality." It is very common in Maryland and Virginia, and in
the mountain districts prolific. I have talked with Bohemians and with
Germans who have gathered it in basketfuls in the vicinity of the
District of Columbia, who speak well of it, considering it a valuable
addition to the table. Its prolific growth makes it valuable to those
who like it. There are no species recorded as dangerous in this group.

Ag. (Armillaria) robustus, a very stout species, with a fleshy, compact,
smooth cap, bay color or tawny, occurs in the Maryland woods, and in the
open woods of the Massachusetts coast.

AGARICINI. Fries.

_Genus Cantharellus_ Adans. In the plants of this genus the hymenophore
or fleshy substance of the cap is continuous with the stem. They are
fleshy, membranaceous, and putrescent, having neither veil, ring, nor
volva. The stem is central, except in a few species, where it is
lateral. A characteristic of the genus which separates it from other
genera of the Agaricini is the vein-like appearance of the gills. They
are very shallow and so obtuse on the edges as to present the appearance
of a network of swollen branching veins. They are usually decurrent and
anastomosing. It is a small genus. Cooke figures nineteen species. Among
the described species C. cibarius is the only one whose edible qualities
have been highly recommended. C. umbonatus, a very small plant, found in
eastern Massachusetts is commended by those who have eaten it. They are
usually found in woods, and amongst moss. One species, _C. carbonatus_,
is found upon charred ground.

[Illustration: Plate VII.
CANTHARELLUS CIBARIUS FR.
1, 2, 3, 4 Various stages of growth. 5 A section.
6 Spores. 7 Spores and basidia.
From Hynesbury, Md., U. S.
Sackett & Wilhelms Lithographing Co., New York.]

PLATE VII.

=Cantharellus cibarius= Fries. "_The Edible Chantarelle_."

EDIBLE.

Cap a rich golden yellow, like the yolk of an egg; at first convex,
later concave and turbinated; margin sinuous, undulate, smooth,
shining, and more or less lobed; diameter from two to four inches;
flesh pale yellow or whitish; veins or gills rather thick and wiry,
remarkably decurrent, usually very much bifurcated and of the same
golden yellow as the cap; stem solid or stuffed, slightly attenuated
downwards, yellow; spores white or pale yellowish, elliptical.

European