▁and ▁wood lands ▁in ▁North ▁America ▁in ▁winter . ▁ ▁Tax onomy ▁The ▁scar let ▁h ood ▁was ▁first ▁described ▁as ▁Ag ar icus ▁c occ ine us ▁by ▁German ▁my colog ist ▁Jacob ▁Christian ▁Sch ä f fer ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 4 , ▁before ▁being ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁genus ▁H yg roph orus ▁by ▁E lias ▁Magn us ▁F ries ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 8 , ▁and ▁finally ▁H yg ro cy be ▁by ▁Paul ▁K um mer ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 . ▁The ▁specific ▁ep ith et ▁c occ inea ▁is ▁Latin ▁for ▁" scar let ". ▁ ▁Description ▁A ▁small ▁w ax cap ▁with ▁an ▁initially ▁bell - sh aped , ▁and ▁later ▁fl atten ing , ▁cap ▁ 2 – 5   cm ▁( ¾ – 2 ▁in ) ▁across , ▁scar let ▁in ▁colour ▁and ▁sl im y ▁in ▁texture . ▁The ▁ad n ate ▁g ills ▁are ▁thick ▁and ▁widely ▁spac ed , ▁yellow ▁red ▁in ▁colour . ▁The ▁sp ore ▁print ▁is ▁white . ▁The ▁ring less ▁st ipe ▁is ▁up ▁ 2 – 5   cm ▁( ¾ - 2 ▁in ) ▁high ▁and ▁ 0 . 3 – 1   cm ▁( <0xE2> <0x85> <0x9B> - ⅓ ▁in ) ▁wide , ▁red ▁with ▁a ▁yellow ish ▁base . ▁The ▁flesh ▁is ▁yellow ish - red ▁and ▁the ▁sm ell ▁and ▁taste ▁faint . ▁The ▁o val ▁sp ores ▁measure ▁ 7 – 9 . 5 ▁x ▁ 4 –