Fungi with Gills 



Gills or Lamella Distant, somewhat arched, growing downward 



on the stem (decurrent). Yellow, sometimes tinged with 



vermilion. Unequal. 

 Stem or Stipe Smooth, not truly solid, sometimes hollow. 



Coloured like the cap, whitish within. 2-4 inches long. 

 Ring or Annulus None. 

 Spores White. 



Flesh Disagreeable in flavour. 

 Habitat Swamps and damp, shaded places ; in fields or woods. 



Common. The specimen photographed was found in 



dense mixed woods, Lake Placid. 



Var. H. rosea has the cap expanded and the margin wavy. 

 Var. H. flaw has the cap and stem pale yellow, the gills 

 arched and strongly decurrent. 



Var. H. flampes has the cap and stem red or reddish. 

 Var. H. flamceps has the cap yellow and the stem reddish. 



Vermilion Hygrophorus (Edible) 



Hygroploms miniatus (SEE PLATE FACING PAGE 63) 



Cap or Pileus Thin, fragile at first, convex, becoming nearly 

 flat. Smooth or minutely scaly. Often depressed. Red, 

 fading to yellow or orange. 1-2 inches broad. 

 Gills or Lamella Distant. Usually yellow, sometimes tinged 



with red. Notched at the 

 stem enc *> or growing down 

 t ^ le stem > or fastened to the 

 stem by the entire width of 

 the inner extremity of the gill. 

 Stem or Stipe Slender, smooth. 

 Coloured like the cap. Solid 

 when young, hollow when 

 old. 1-2 inches long. 

 Ring or Annulus None. 

 Spores White, elliptical. 

 Flesh Tender, and of agreeable 



flavour. 



Time June to September. 

 Habitat Adapts itself to varying 

 conditions. Singly, in groups, 

 or in clusters, in bogs or on 



<*ry hillocks. The specimen photographed was found in 

 woods, among fallen leaves and decayed wood, Lake Placid. 



Section of H. miniatus 



Fliv'-I-pes 



Flav'-i-cSps 

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