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Berk. Out. p. 201. C. Hbk. n. 569. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 535. Hussey i. /. Hygro- 

 61. Price f. 57. Ag. Schceff. t. 302. Bull. t. 570. /. 2 partly. Fl. Dan. phoru 

 /. 715. S0w. /. 381 (scarlet fig.) Baft. t. 19. / B. 



43. H. miniatus Fr. Pileus scarcely reaching 2.5 cent, (i in.) 

 broad, at first vermilion then becoming pale and opaque, slightly 

 fleshy, convex, obtuse, then umbilicate, at first even and smooth, 

 then squamulose. Stem about 5 cent. (2 in.) long, 2 mm. (i lin.) 

 thick, somewhat stuffed, equal, round, even, smooth, shining, 

 vermilion. Gills adnate, not decurrent, plane, distant, distinct, 

 rather thick, yellow or sometimes light yellow-vermilion. 



Very fragile. The gills are firmer than in H. coccineus. Intermediate 

 between H. coccineus and H. turundus. 



In open places, pastures, c. Common. July-Oct. 



Spores 5x8 mk. IV.G.S. Name minium, vermilion. Fr. Monogr. \\. p. 

 139. Hym. Eur. p. 418. Berk. Out. p. 201. C. Hbk. n. 570. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 536. Quel. t. 10. /. 5. Ag. Fl. Dan. t. 1009. Harz. t. 4. /. i. 



44. H. turundus Fr. Pileus 1-2.5 cent. ( l / 2 -i in.) broad, 

 yellow or tawny, variegated with cinereous -fuscous squamules, 

 slightly fleshy, fragile, convex then expanded, umbilicate or 

 depressed, often elegantly crenate at the margin. Stem 5-7.5 

 cent. (2-3 in.) long, about 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, rigid-fragile, 

 stuffed then fistulose, round, equal, even and polished, tawny- 

 reddish. Gills at first slightly then deeply decurrent^ distant, 

 juicy, distinct, at first white then becoming yellow, the acute edge 

 of the same colour. 



Very protean. The pileus is commonly dry, soon broken up into fuliginous 

 flocci, but it occurs during rain at the first viscid and even, and in this con- 

 dition it must be carefully distinguished (by the colour of the golden pileus 

 and of the gills) from H. miniatus, to which it is allied though very dissimilar. 

 It varies with the somewhat veined gills of the Cantharelli. 



On peat soil. Farragon, Perthshire, 1877. Aug. 



2000 feet. Nameturtinda, lint. Flocculose. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 139. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 418. B. & Br. n. 1670. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 537. 



Var. mollis B. & Br. Golden. Pileus 12-18 mm. (#-% in.) 

 broad, nearly plane, at length slightly depressed, clad with soft, 

 short, radiating hairs of the same colour. Stem 2.5-3 cent. 

 (i-iX i n -) long, 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) thick, stuffed, equal. Gills 

 decurrent, arcuate, narrow, distant. 



In moist mossy ground. Rare. July-Sept. B. & Br. n. 1279. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 537. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 418. 



45. H. mucronellus Fr. Pileus 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) broad, 

 when moist a) scarlet b) yellow, when dried changing colour 



