DESCRIPTIONS OF FUNGI. 87 



Red or Pink. 



HYGROPHORUS COCCINEUS = scarlet color. 

 The Scarlet Hygrophorus. 



Cap, first bright scarlet and then changing 

 to a paler hue. One to 2 inches broad and even 

 more, convex, plane, often unequal, obtuse, 

 sticky, and even, smooth, flesh of the same color 

 as cap. Stem 2 inches long, 3 to 4 lines thick, 

 hollow, then compressed and rather even, scarlet 

 color like cap, but always yellow at the base. 

 Gills wholly attached, decurrent, with a tooth, 

 distant, connected by veins, soft, watery, when 

 full grown, purplish at the base, light yellow in 

 the middle, powdery at the edge, fragile. This 

 species grows in pastures, and is common. It is 

 found from August to November. 



HYGROPHORUS PUNICEUS = blood red. 

 The Blood-red Hygrophorus. 



Cap 2 to 4 inches broad, glittering blood 

 scarlet, when older becomes paler, at first bell- 

 shaped, obtuse, commonly spread out or lobed, 

 irregular, even, smooth, sticky. Flesh of the 

 same color as cap, fragile. Stem 3 inches long, 

 1 to 1| inch thick. Solid when young, at length 

 hollow, very stout, swollen in middle, thinner at 



