Found it in Hesler & Smith, 1963, North American Species of Hygrophorus. page 126. B&W photo in Hard, 1908, Mushrooms, Edible & Otherwise. B&W photo in Kauffman, 1918, The Gilled Mushrooms (Agaricaceae) of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region. Not recorded by Largent in the Agaricales of California. The dried specimen still has orange marginate gills.