Hymenogaster sublilacinus
Mycologia 58: 108. 1966.
Synonyms: Cortinarius lilacinoides Soop, B. Oertel & Dima; Phlegmacium sublilacinum (A.H. Sm.) Niskanen & Liimat.
Common Name: none
For description see Smith & 'California Mushrooms'.
Scattered to gregarious, hypogeous under montane conifers (fir, pine); uncommon, fruiting from May to August in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges.
Unknown.
Hymenogaster sublilacinus can be recognized by cream to ochraceous, sometimes lilac tinted fruitbodies with rusty brown gleba, mild odor, a sterile base, lack of a well-defined columella, coarsely roughened, rusty brown spores, and growth with montane conifers.
Albee-Scott, S.R. (2005). The phylogeny and phylogeography of two false-truffles, Leucophleps spinispora and Hymenogaster sublilacinus, in the Great Basin, USA. PhD Thesis. University of Michigan: Ann Arbor.
Arora, D. (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 959 p.
Desjardin, D.E., Wood, M.G. & Stevens, F.A. (2015). California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide. Timber Press: Portland, OR. 560 p.
Fogel, R. (1985). Studies on Hymenogaster (Basidiomycetes): a re-evaluation of the subgenus Dendrogaster. Mycologia 77: 72-82.
Smith, A.H. (1966). Notes on Dendrogaster, Gymnoglossum, Protoglossum, and species of Hymenogaster. Mycologia 58: 100-124. (Protologue)
Soop, K., Dima, B., Cooper, J., Park, D. & Oertel, B. (2019). A phylogenetic approach to a global supraspecific taxonomy of Cortinarius (Agaricales) with an emphasis on the southern mycota. Persoonia 42: 261-290. (PDF)
Trappe, J.M., Molina, R., Luoma, D.L., Cázares, E., Pilz, D., Smith, J., Castellano, M.A., Miller, S.L. & Trappe, M.J. (2009). Diversity, Ecology, and Conservation of Truffle Fungi in Forests of the Pacific Northwest. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: Portland, OR. 194 p. (PDF)
— spores
— spores
— extreme closeup of gleba after drying
