Murrill: Illustrations of Fungi 



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Hygrophorus miniatus Fries 

 Vermilion Hygrophorus 



Plate 27. Figure 9. X | 



Pileus fragile, regular, convex to plane or umbilicate, 1-5 cm. 

 broad, surface glabrous or minutely squamulose, hardly viscid, 

 scarlet, rarely yellow, soon fading; flesh yellow, mild, tender, 

 edible; gills adnate or very slightly decurrent, distant, yellow 

 often tinged with red ; spores ellipsoid, hyaline, 8-9 X 4-6 ; 

 stem slender, equal, glabrous, concolorous or slightly paler, stuffed 

 or partly hollow, 2-7 X 0.2-0.4 cm.. 



This species is very variable in color, size, and mode of growth. 

 It may be looked for in damp woods or swamps, and is readily 

 noticed because of its brilliant coloring. Specimens always fade 

 to yellow on drying. 



Hygrophorus Laurae Morgan 

 Laura's Hygrophorus 



Plate 27. Figure 10. X f 



Pileus convex to expanded, unbonate, 5-10 cm. broad ; surface 

 viscid, white, tinged with red or brown, especially on the umbo ; 

 flesh white, edible ; gills white, distant, adnate or decurrent, 

 unequal; spores ellipsoid, hyaline, 8-9 X 5-6 /x; stem solid, white 

 within, more or less curved, attenuate below, yellowish-white, 

 scabrous above, 5-10 X 0.5-1 cm. 



This species was originally described from Ohio by Morgan, 

 but has since been found as far west as Kansas and as far east 

 as Massachusetts, growing rather commonly in woods and groves 

 during late summer and autumn. It represents a group of species 

 distinguished from all the rest by a viscid, universal veil, which 

 remains as an annulus or in the form of squamules at the apex 

 of the stem. In the division of Fries' genus Hygrophorus, his 

 name remains with this group and an older name, Hydrophorus 

 Batt., is used for the viscid, hollow-stemmed species not furnished 

 with a veil. 



