Exhibit (j)(1)(ii)


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We  hereby  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement  on Form N-1A of our report dated  December 28, 2000,  relating to the
financial  statements  and financial  highlights of Pilgrim Growth + Value Fund,
Pilgrim  Research  Enhanced  Index Fund,  Pilgrim High Total  Return  Fund,  and
Pilgrim  High Total  Return  Fund II (four of the six funds  comprising  Pilgrim
Mayflower  Trust),  and our report  dated  December  29,  2000,  relating to the
financial  statements and financial highlights of Pilgrim Emerging Markets Value
Fund and  Pilgrim  International  Value  Fund (two of the six  funds  comprising
Pilgrim Mayflower Trust),  Pilgrim Worldwide Growth Fund, Pilgrim  International
Core Growth Fund, Pilgrim SmallCap Growth Fund, Pilgrim Emerging Countries Fund,
and Pilgrim  Asia-Pacific  Equity  Fund.,  which  appear in the October 31, 2000
Annual Report to  Shareholders of Pilgrim Funds,  which is also  incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form N-1A of our report dated  February 17, 2000,  relating to the  financial
statements  and  financial  highlights  of Pilgrim  Growth  Opportunities  Fund,
Pilgrim MidCap Opportunities Fund and Pilgrim SmallCap Opportunities Fund, which
appears in the December 31, 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders of Pilgrim Funds,
which is also incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

We  also  consent  to  the  references  to  us  under  the  headings  "Financial
Highlights"  and  "Independent   Accountants/Auditors"   in  such   Registration
Statement.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Denver, Colorado
February 28, 2001