FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



nized. The names given to them are mostly derived from 

 their color. (Whitish, ashy or rusty white.) Peck. 



This variable species is common in late summer in woods 

 and pastures throughout the United States and Europe. 

 Murrill. 



Hygrophorus puniceus; red hygrophorus. Plate X, 

 Species 62. 



In damp or mossy places in woods and open grounds; 

 July to September; edible. 



Cap thin; fragile; conical or bell-shaped (campanulate), 

 becoming expanded and often wavy or lobed at the edge when 

 old; smooth (glabrous); sticky when moist (viscid); bright 

 red; paler or yellow when old; i to 3 inches in diameter. 



Gills broad; thick; far apart (distant); waxy; yellow or 

 reddish; their attachment to the stem is but slight. 



Stem cylindrical or somewhat swollen in its middle (ventri- 

 close); hollow when mature; usually yellow at the top, red 

 in the middle and white at the base; 2 to 3 inches long; V3 

 to yi inch thick. 



Spores white; elliptic; .0003 to .0004 inch long, .0002 broad. 



The red hygrophorus is a rather large but very tender, 

 fragile species. Its bright red cap makes it a beautiful and 

 conspicuous object. It surpasses our other bright red species 

 in size. 



All of the species of Hygrophorus are edible and no harm 

 would come to the eater if one should be mistaken for either 

 of the others. The red hygrophorus is very tender and 

 sapid and may be classed as an excellent though not an 

 abundant mushroom. Peck. 



The genus Hypholoma 



The fragments of the veil adhering to the margin of the 

 young cap is a distinguishing feature of this genus and is 



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