Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Hygrophorus speciosus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 29:
43. 1878.
Hygrophorus coloratus Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 122: 21. 1908.
Pileus at first ovate or subconic, then expanded, often with a small umbo, gregarious, 2.5-6 cm. broad; surface smooth, glutinous, bright-red or scarlet, becoming yellowish, margin thm, decurved: lamellae arcuate, adnate or decurrent, subdistant, white or yellowish, interveined: spores ellipsoid, 8-9 X 5-6 ju: stipe long, subequal, white or yellowish, sometimes viscid, 6-13 cm. long, 4-10 mm. thick: veil slight, floccose, rarely present.
Type locality: Greig, New York. Habitat: In sphagnum bogs.
Distribution: New England, New York, and Michigan.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
