An excellent species. Its scarcity is regrettable.
C. du´bius Pk. Pileus infundibuliform, subfibrillose, lurid-brown, pervious to the base, the margin generally wavy and lobed. Hymenium dark cinereous, rugose when moist, the minute crowded irregular folds abundantly anastomosing, nearly even when dry. Stem short. Spores broadly elliptical or subglobose, 6–7.5µ long.
Plant simple or cespitose, 2–3 in. high. Pileus 1–2 in. broad.
Ground under spruce trees. Adirondack mountains. August.
In color this species bears some resemblance to Cantharellus cinereus. From Craterellus sinuosus it is separated by its pervious stem, and from C. cornucopoides by its more cespitose habit, paler color and smaller spores. Peck, 31st Rep. N.Y. State Bot.
West Virginia, Pennsylvania, McIlvaine.
Its edible qualities are in every way equal to those of C. cornucopoides.
C. sinuo´sus Fr.—sinus, a curve. Strong scented. Pileus funnel-shaped, downy, grayish-brown, margin undulated. Stem pale yellow, elongated, stuffed. Hymenium with anastomosing ribs, grayish. Spores elliptical, pale yellow, 8–9×5µ.
In woods. Pileus ½-1 in. high and broad. Stem about 1 in. high, sometimes very short. Smell strong, musky. Hymenium becoming tan-color when dry. Pileus more or less villose. Massee.
The above description is given so that Var. crispus which follows may be compared with it. Fries considered var. crispus a good species.