. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. GILL FUNGI 41 (b) Cap bright red; stem red above, yellow below; gills yellowish b. Cap not sticky, yellowish; gills white to tawny Gill not decurrent, but adnate, adnexed or free a. Gills adnate (1) Cap and stem covered with a greenish slime (2) Cap and stem without a greenish slime b. Gills merely touching or free (1) Gills touching ; cap bell-shaped to convex (2) Gills mostly free; cap conical H. coccinciis H. pratensis H. psittacinits H. miniatiis H. puniceus H. conicus Hygrophorus eburneus Ivory Watercap Cap small to medium, 4-8 cm. wide, ivory
. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. GILL FUNGI 41 (b) Cap bright red; stem red above, yellow below; gills yellowish b. Cap not sticky, yellowish; gills white to tawny Gill not decurrent, but adnate, adnexed or free a. Gills adnate (1) Cap and stem covered with a greenish slime (2) Cap and stem without a greenish slime b. Gills merely touching or free (1) Gills touching ; cap bell-shaped to convex (2) Gills mostly free; cap conical H. coccinciis H. pratensis H. psittacinits H. miniatiis H. puniceus H. conicus Hygrophorus eburneus Ivory Watercap Cap small to medium, 4-8 cm. wide, ivory white, very sticky when wet, con- vex to plane or upturned; stem 4-12 cm. by 4-8 mm., white, sticky, dotted above with tiny scales, stuffed, then hollow; gills decurrent, white, darkening in drying, distant; spores subglo- bose, 5-6(11. The name refers to the ivory whiteness. In woodland and grass- land, late summer and au- tumn ; edible, well-flavored but somewhat tough. Hygrophorus erubescens Reddish Watercap Cap medium, 5-10 cm. wide, white, then becoming rosy-red throughout, sticky, dotted-scaly or smooth, con- vex or plane; stem rather stout, 5-12 cm. by 1-2 cm., white, with red spots or fibrils, solid; gills decurrent, white, reddened in spots, distant; spores ellipsoid, 8- 10 X4-5|«.- Tbe name refers to the reddening of the whole plant. On the ground in woods, often in fairy rings, late summer and autumn; edible. Hygrophorus coccineus Scarlet Watercap Cap small, 2-5 cm. wide, bright red, paler wdth age, sticky, smooth, convex to plane; stem short, 4-5 cm. by 1 cm., red above, yellow below, smooth, hollow; gills decurrent by a tooth, yellowish, reddish at base, connected by veins, distant; spores ellipsoid, 6-8 X 4-S/i. The name refers to the scarlet cap. Usually in groups in woodland and grassland, in Summer and autumn; Figure 23. Hygrophorus eburxeus. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced
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