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Hygrophorus puniceus Fr. 



RED HYGROPHORUS 

 State Mus. Mem. 3. p. 149, pi. 52, fig. 1-7. 



Pileus thin, fragile, broadly conic or campaniilate, becoming 

 nearly plane, often wavy or lobed on the margin, glabrous, viscid, 

 bright red, paler when old; lamellae broad, thick, distant, slightly 

 adnexed, yellow, often reddish ; stem equal or slightly ventricose, 

 hollow, glabrous, yellow or red and yellow, white at the base ; spores 

 elliptic, .0003-.0004 of an inch long, .0002 broad. 



Pileus 1-3 inches broad; stem 2-3 inches long, 4-6 lines thick. 



Damp or mossy places in woods or open ground. Albany and 

 Rensselaer counties and the Adirondack region. Not common. 

 August and September. Edible. 



A conspicuous but very tender and fragile mushroom, often 

 larger than our other bright red species of this genus. 



Hygrophorus coccineus (Schaeif.) Fr. 

 SCARLET HYGROPHORUS 



Pileus thin, fragile, convex becoming plane, viscid, glabrous, 

 bright red becoming pale, flesh red ; lamellae distant, adnate or 

 furnished with a decurrent tooth, pale yellow or reddish, the inter- 

 spaces veiny ; stem terete or compressed, glabrous, hollow, crimson 

 red above, yellow at the base; spores .0003-.0004 of an inch long, 

 .0002-.00024 broad. 



Pileus 1-2 inches broad ; stem 1-2 inches long, 1-2 lines thick. 



Pastures and mossy meadows. Albany, Ulster and Essex 

 counties. September arid October. Not common. 



Hygrophorus peckii Atk. 

 PECK HYGROPHORUS 

 Jour. Myc. 8. 1902. p. 114. 

 Pileus thin, fragile, convex becoming nearly plane, often slightly 

 umbilicate or centrally depressed, very viscid or glutinous, buff 

 becoming pinkish or vinaceous buff, sometimes tinged with green ; 

 lamellae broad, distant, arcuate, decurrent, whitish or sometimes 

 greenish when young; stem slender, sometimes splitting longitu- 

 dinally, very viscid, colored like the pileus, sometimes greenish at 

 the top; spores elliptic, .00024-0003 of an inch long, .00016-.0002 

 broad. 



