54 EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS. 



and pleasant, but a great number must be 

 collected to furnish a moderate dish, and 

 hence they are not often consigned to the 

 kitchen, save in the absence of larger 

 species. A large and bright-red species, 

 with a conical cap (Hygrophorus coccineus), 

 and gills inclining to orange, affords a mild 

 and delicate dish, but the quantity is 

 generally limited. 



