S( BS1 CTlOh HYGROCYBE I *5 



varieh of //. cantharellus. The squamules of the true //. turundus are 

 fuscous to brown. The Mt. Rainier collections showed conclusive]) 

 that this color was not a discoloration. Moller's L945 a< counl covers 

 the Mt. Rainier collections ven well, even including the inflated cells 

 which we regard as cystidia. \t Mt. Rainier both a 2-spored and a 

 4-spored form occur, and there is a corresponding difference in spore 

 size. Clamp connections are present at the base <>f the basidia in both 

 forms, but are often difficult to demonstrate on the hyphae of the 

 carpophore. Here they appear to be fairly regular at the primary 

 septa, but absent at the secondary septa. 



Kuhner and Romagnesi (1953) described //. turundus as having 

 fibrils which become dark colored. Smith has a collection from among 

 cranberries and other heath plants on wet sand between two sand 

 dunes at Whitefish Point on Lake Superior (Smith 42481), which 

 appears to agree exactly with their account. It was growing in great 

 quantity. The pileus was entirely deep scarlet when young but became 

 squamulose, and in age the squamules were more or less fuscous. 

 H. sphagnophilus Pk., in the light of this study, should be attached to 

 //. turundus. Singer (1940) thought they were identical, but we have 

 found Peck's fungus to be constant as a variety which differs chiefly 

 from the type form in the squamules not darkening. 



J. E. Lange ( 193.5-1940 ) gives a beautiful illustration of brilliantly 

 colored specimens. His treatment of Hifgrocijhc had not come to our 

 hands at the time we first published our account of the species. 



Hongo (1958a) reports H. turundus from Japan (July and Sept. . 

 and says that the gill trama hyphae are interwoven, 9-30 f x broad, and 

 that clamp connections are present. Morten Lange (1955) reports it 

 from Greenland. 



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Hygrophorus turundus var. sphagnophilus (Pk. ), stat. now 



Sydowia 8: 324. 1954 



Hygrophorus miniatus var. sphagnophilus Pk.. N. Y. State Mus. Rept. 



53 .for 1899): 856. 1901. 

 Hygrophorus miniatus f. sphagnophilus iPk.t. Hongo. jour. Jap. Rot. 



27: 160. 1952. 

 Hygrophorus turundus f. sphagnophilus I Pk. ) Sm. & Hes.. Sydowia 



8: 324. 1954. 



Illustrations: 



Fig. 40: also If, lg. 



Pileus 1-3.5 cm broad, at first broadly convex or flattened, soon 

 broadly and often deeply depressed, at first "nopal red" to scarlet. 

 fading to yellow or brownish orange, the tips of the scales often 



