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 Hygrophorus coccineus
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous
Article: Stevenson, G. (1963) [1962]. The Agaricales of New Zealand: IV. Kew Bulletin 16(3): 373–384.
Notes: This species was collected by Colenso and recorded by Massee in Trans. N.Z.
Inst. 31 : 282 (1898). One collection, Stevenson 1349. Is probably also this
species.
Article: Massee, G.E. (1899) [1898]. The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349 Wellington:.
Description: Pileus convex, then plane, often irregular, at first viscid, even, bright-crimson when moist,
pallid when dry, not floccosely squamulose, margin thin, more or less wavy, 2.5-6 cm. across;
flesh thin, coloured like the pileus, and also descending into the trama of the gills; gills
broadly adnate, with a decurrent tooth, distant, connected by veins, soft and watery, base
purplish, middle part yellow, and margin glaucous when adult; spores elliptical, smooth, 10-12 x 6 µ; stem about 5 cm. long,
6-10 mm. thick, often compressed, almost even, not slimy,
crimson above, base always pale-yellow, hollow.
Habitat: Among short grass, in pastures and open places.
Distribution: New Zealand. Australia.
Notes: Distinguished among crimson-coloured species by the broadly adnate gills and yellow base of
the stem. Gills thick, wrinkled or veined; when quite dry the pileus is almost white.
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