Fungi with Gills 
Gills or Lamelle—Distant, somewhat arched, growing downward 
on the stem (decurrent). Yellow, sometimes tinged with 
vermilion. Unequal. 
Stem or Stige—Smooth, not truly solid, sometimes hollow. 
Coloured like the cap, whitish within. 2-4 inches long. 
Ring or Annulus—None. 
Spores—W hite. 
Flesh—Disagreeable in flavour. 
fabitat—Swamps and damp, shaded places ; in fields or woods. 
Common. The specimen photographed was found in 
dense mixed woods, Lake Placid. 
Var. H. rosea has the cap expanded and the margin wavy. 
Var. H. flava 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 Fileus—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 Lamelle—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—W hite, elliptical. 
Flesh—Tender, and of agreeable 
flavour. 
Zime—June to September. 
Habitat—Adapts itself to varying 
conditions. Singly, in groups, 
or in clusters, in bogs or on 
dey hillocks. The specimen photographed was found in 
woods, among fallen leaves and decayed wood, Lake Placid. 
Flav'-\-pés Flav’-1-céps Min-1-a'-tis 
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Section of H. miniatus 
