A new sphagnicolous species of the genus Rhodophyllus Quél. is described, with large fruiting bodies up to 100 mm wide growing subcaespitose in water-soaked living sphagnum in a bog near Horská Kvilda in the Šumava Mountains (Bohemia, Czechoslovakia). The description includes morphological and anatomical details of carpophores, spores, and other structures.
Pilát A. (1969): Rhodophyllus svrcekii species nova sphagnophila in Bohemia lecta (Tab. 71). – Česká Mykologie 23(1): 10–12.
