GENERA AND SPECIES OF MUSHROOMS 



red, scarlet, crimson or sulphiir yellow; size, }4 to ij4 inches 

 broad. 



Gills waxy, rather close together; free from the stem; 

 broad near the outer end but narrow near the stem; yellow. 



Stem yellow; hollow; 2 to 4 inches long. 



Spores white; elliptical; 9-1 1 by 6-8 microns in diameter. 



This species is usually readily distinguished by its conic 



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Fig. 20. — Species No. 61. — Hygrophorus pratensis. Cap 



tawny, reddish, bufT, ashy or whitish. 



Description on page 191. 



cap with acute apex as well as by its change of color to black 

 on drying. It is common in moist woods and grassy places 

 from Greenland to the Bahamas and occurs in Europe. Murrill. 



Hygrophorus miniatus; vermilion mushroom. Plate X, 

 Species 60. 

 On ground in woods and swamps; among mosses and 

 leaves or on bare ground; scattered, in groups or in tufts; 

 June to September; edible. 



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