Cantharellus cinnabarinus Pk.
About one-half nat. size. After Peck.
Cantharellus cinnabarinus Schw. Cinnabar Chantarelle. (Plate [V].) Pileus firm, convex or slightly depressed in the center, often irregular with a wavy or lobed margin, glabrous, cinnabar red. Flesh white. Lamellæ narrow, distant, branched, decurrent, red. Stem equal or tapering downward, glabrous, solid or stuffed, red. Spores elliptic, 8–10µ long, 4–5µ broad.
The cinnabar Chantarelle is readily recognized by its color. It is externally red in all its parts, the interior only being white. It is a small species but often quite irregular in shape. Small specimens are more likely to be regular than large ones. Sometimes the cap is more fully developed on one side than on the other. This makes the stem eccentric or in some cases almost lateral. The color is quite constant, but in some instances it is paler and approaches a pinkish hue. It is apt to fade or even disappear in dried specimens. The gills are blunt on the edge as in other species of this genus. They are forked or branched, narrow and decurrent.
The stem is small, smooth and usually rather short. It is generally solid, but in the original description it is characterized as stuffed. The cap is 8 to 18 lines broad; the stem 6 to 12 lines long and 1 to 3 broad. It grows gregariously in thin woods and open places and may be found from July to September. It sometimes occurs in great abundance, which adds to its importance as an edible species. The fresh plant has a tardily and slightly acrid flavor, but this disappears in cooking. In Epicrisis, Fries referred this species to the genus Hygrophorus, and in Sylloge also it is placed in that genus, but it is a true Cantharellus and belongs in the genus in which Schweinitz placed it. Peck, 52d Rep. N.Y. State Bot.
Cortinarius corrugatus Pk. Corrugated Cortinarius. (Plate [VI].) Pileus fleshy, broadly campanulate or very convex, viscid when moist, coarsely corrugated, bright-yellow, reddish-yellow, tawny or ochraceous. Flesh white. Lamellæ close, pallid when young, becoming tawny with age. Stem rather long, equal, hollow, bulbous, pallid or yellowish, the bulb viscid and usually colored like the pileus. Spores broadly elliptical, rough, 11–16µ long, 8–10µ broad.
The corrugated Cortinarius is a well-marked and easily-recognized species, quite distinct from its allies. Although the color of the pileus is variable, its viscid, corrugated surface and the viscid bulb of the stem afford distinctive and easily-recognized characters. Sometimes the corrugations or wrinkles anastomose with each other in such a way as to give a reticulated appearance. The color varies from yellow to reddish-tawny or reddish-ochraceous. The margin in young plants is incurved.
Cortinarius corrugatus Pk.
About two-thirds nat. size. After Peck.