The rather prominent gills of this small species are likely to confuse those not familiar with its variance from the genuine type. Reddish tinge to flesh not noticed in the American species. The writer has gathered it in several states and enjoyed it for many years.
Cantharellus rosellus.
Natural size.
C. rosel´lus Pk.—rosy. Pileus thin, funnel-shaped, regular, glabrous, pale pinkish-red. Flesh white. Gills narrow, close, dichotomous, deeply decurrent, whitish, tinged with pink. Stem equal, slender, solid, subglabrous, often flexuous, colored like the pileus. Spores minute, broadly elliptical, 3.5×2.5µ.
Pileus 4–8 lines broad. Stem about 1 in. long, scarcely 1 line thick.
Mossy ground in groves of balsam. North Elba. September. This small species belongs to the section Agaricoides, and is apparently closely allied to C. albidus, from which its smaller size and different color distinguish it. The pileus is sometimes deeply umbilicate. Peck, 42d Rep. N.Y. State Bot.
Frequent in pine woods of New Jersey, near Haddonfield, where the plant is sturdier than described. Though small it grows gregarious and in troops from which appetizing quantities can be gathered.
It makes a pretty dish of pinkish hue and one of rare excellence.
C. lutes´cens Bull.—yellowish. (Plate [CXXXVI], fig. 9, p. 508.) Pileus thin, fleshy, convex, umbilicate, brownish-floccose, yellowish. Gills very distant, sparingly branched, arcuate-decurrent, pale ochraceous. Stem slender, slightly tapering downward, smooth, shining, bright orange-tinted yellow, stuffed or hollow.