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HYGROPHORUS<br />
HYGROPHORUS MINIATUS Fr. Edible<br />
Figure 197, page 113<br />
PILEUS %-l )/2 in. broad, slightly convex to expanded, with disk plane or<br />
depressed, glabrous when fresh and moist but very soon becoming minutely<br />
scurfy as pileus loses its moisture, scarlet at first, fading to orange or yellow,<br />
margin at first incurved, flesh more or less concolorous with the pileus, thin,<br />
odor and taste not distinctive, lamellae broad, subdistant, adnate to adnexed,<br />
paler than the pileus, fading to yellowish, trama of parallel hyphae. stipe<br />
1-2 in. long, about i/g in. thick, equal, glabrous or almost so, concolorous with<br />
the pileus, fading gradually to orange, then yellowish, stuffed at first, becoming<br />
hollow, spores smooth, white, oval, apiculate, 7-9 X 4-5 /x.<br />
In groups on the ground or on much-decayed logs in woods, fairly<br />
common. June-Sept.<br />
This species is rather variable in appearance and different authors have<br />
described several -varieties. The surface is not viscid and appears glabrous at<br />
first, soon becoming fibrous or scurfy to squamulose. The color is brilHant<br />
scarlet at first, soon fading to orange or yellow. The attachment of the lamellae<br />
is another variable character in this species.<br />
HYGROPHORUS NITIDUS B. & C.<br />
Figures 199, 200, page 115<br />
PILEUS %-! Vi in. broad, flattened-hemispherical to convex, with disk<br />
becoming depressed then deeply umbiHcate, smooth, glabrous, viscid when<br />
moist, clear bright yellow, fading to cream or whitish, margin striate when<br />
moist, incurved, gradually becoming elevated but with the extreme margin<br />
tending to remain decurved. flesh thin and fragile, yellowish, fading, odor and<br />
taste not distinctive, lamellae arcuate-decurrent, becoming long-decurrent,<br />
moderately broad, rather distant, with a soft, waxy appearance, yellow, usually<br />
retaining the yellow color after the pileus and stipe have faded to whitish,<br />
trama of parallel hyphae. stipe 1-3 in. long, about i/g in. thick, equal, hollow<br />
within, glabrous, viscid, concolorous with the pileus, fading, spores smooth,<br />
white, broadly oval, apiculate, 7-8 X 4-5 ju.<br />
In groups on the ground in moist woods, fairly common. July-Sept.<br />
This is a fairly common species but is too small and fragile to be of any<br />
interest as food. The most distinctive character is the pileus, which fades from<br />
bright yellow to whitish while the lamellae retain their yellow color. H. cera-<br />
ceus Fr. is similar in color but does not fade and the pileus is not umbiHcate.<br />
HYGROPHORUS OLIVACEOALBUS Fr.<br />
Figures 201, 202, page 115<br />
Edible<br />
pileus 1-3 in. broad, fleshy, at first convex to campanulate with incurved<br />
margin, becoming expanded but disk sometimes remaining obtuse or broadly<br />
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