PaRT 6, 1916] AGARICACEAE 381 
Hydrocybe coccinea P. Karst. Bidr. Finl. Nat. Folk 32: 234. 1879. 
Hygrophorus miniaius Schroet. Krypt.-Fl. Schles. 31: 528. 1889. 
Pileus thin, fragile, convex to plane, obtuse, 2-5 cm. broad; surface glabrous, viscid, scarlet, 
fading to pale-red, and finally yellowish: context whitish or yellowish, edible; lamellae adnate 
or with a decurrent tooth, distant, interveined, pale-yellow or reddish: spores ellipsoid, hya- 
line, 6-10 X 4-6 u: stipe cylindric or compressed, glabrous, hollow, scarlet above, yellow below, 
3-5 em. long, 3 mm. thick. 
‘Type Locality: Carniola. 
Hasitat: In moist pastures and on mossy banks. 
DistTRIBUTION: Greenland to Alabama and west to California; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Boudier, Ic. Myc. $1. 38, 40; Mycologia 2: pl. 27, f. 7; McIlv. Am. Fungi 
pl. 136, f. 6; Schaeff. Fung. Bavar. pl. 302 (as A. coccineus). 
Exsiccatr: Sydow, Myc. Mar, 2713; Thiim. Fungi Austr. 910. 
18. Hydrocybe flammea (Scop.) Murrill. 
Agaricus flammeus Scop. F1, Carn. ed. 2.2:443. 1772. 
Hygrophorus miniatus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 330. 1838. 
Hygrophorus congelatus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Cab. 23: 114. 1872. 
Hydrocybe miniata P. Karst. Bidr. Finl. Nat. Folk 32: 234. 1879. 
Pileus fragile, regular, convex to plane or umbilicate, 1-5 cm. broad; surface glabrous or 
minttely squamulose, slightly viscid, scarlet, rarely yellow, soon fading: context yellow, mild, 
tender, edible; lamellae adnate or very slightly decurrent, distant, yellow, often tinged with 
red: spores ellipsoid, hyaline, 8-9 4-6 u: stipe slender, equal, glabrous, concolorous or slightly 
paler, stuffed or partly hollow, 2-7 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick. 
TYPE LocaLity: Carniola. 
Hasirat: In damp woods or swamps. 
DistrisuTion: Throughout temperate North America; mountains of Jamaica; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 48: #1. 28, f. 1-10; Gill. Champ. Fr. pl. 342; Hard, 
Mushrooms f. 172; Mycologia 2: pl. 27, f. 9; Ricken, Blatterp. Deutschl. pl. 8, f. 9. 
Exsiccati: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 303; Sydow, Myc. Mar. 705. 
19. Hydrocybe punicea (Fries) P. Karst. Bidr. Finl. Nat. Folk 32: 
235. 1879. 
Agaricus puniceus Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 104. 1821. 
Hygrophorus puniceus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 331. 1838. 
Pileus fragile, conic to subexpanded, obtuse or slightly depressed, 5-10 cm. broad; surface 
glabrous, viscid, not striate, scarlet, fading out with age, especially at the center: context white, 
tinged with red beneath the pellicle, the taste mild, edible; lamellae slightly adnexed, broad, 
thick, distant, yellow, often becoming reddish: spores ellipsoid, hyaline, 8-10 X 4-5 u: stipe 
stout, subequal, glabrous, slightly striate, concolorous or paler, white at the base, hollow, 5-8 
em. long, 1-2 em. thick. 
Tyre LocaLiry: Europe. 
Hasitat: In moist places in woods. . : . 
DistRrsution: New England to North Carolina and west to Wisconsin; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 5: pl. 58, f. 1-7; Fries, Sv. Aetl. Svamp. pl. 77; Mem. 
N. Y. State Mus. 3: pl. 52, f. 1-7; Mycologia 2: pl. 27, f. 5; Ricken, Blatterp. Deutschl. pl. 8, f. 2. 
Exsiccati: Sydow, Myc. Mar. 4602. 
20. Hydrocybe lurida (Berk. & Curt.) Murrill. 
Hygrophorus luridus Berk. & Curt. Jour. Bot. & Kew Mise. 1:99. 1849. 
Pileus campanulate, umbonate, about 2 cm. broad; surface very viscid, pale-brown, darker 
at the center, margin striate, crenate: lamellae shortly adnate, ventricose, venose-connected, 
thick, white: stipe fistulose, composed of longitudinal fibers, pale-brown, about 3 cm. long and 
2mm. thick. 
TYPE LocaLity: South Carolina. 
Hasrrar: In low swampy places. . 
Distrrution: Massachusetts, New York, and South Carolina. 
