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, 



Coloured like the cap, whitish within. 

 Ring or Annulus — None. 

 Spores — White. 



Flesh — Disagreeable in flavour. 

 Habitat — Swamps and damp, shaded places 



Common. The specimen photographed was found in 



dense mixed woods, Lake Placid. 



sometimes hollow. 

 2-4 inches long. 



in fields or woods. 



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

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

 arched and strongly decurrent. 



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

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



Vermilion Hygrophorus (Edible) 



Hygrophorus miniatus 



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 end, or growing down 

 the 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 varving 



conditions. Singly, in groups, 



or in clusters, in bogs or on 



dry hillocks. The specimen photographed was found in 



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



Section of H. miniatus 



Flav'-t-pes 



Flav'-T-ceps 

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Mln-I-&'-tiis 



