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AGARICACE^; 



Gomphidius 



annulus fugitive. Gills decurrent, distant, soft and somewhat 

 branched, edge acute, composed of a mucilaginous membrane which 

 often admits of being detached from the hymenophore and stretched 



Fig. 59. Gomphidius viscidus Fr. 



A, section ; B, young state : c, half-grown e.\a_mple 



showing floccose veil. One-third natural size. 



out into a continuous membrane, not deliquescent. Spores large,, 

 fusiform, black or nearly so. (Fig. 59.) 



The species grow on the ground, chiefly in pine woods, solitary, 

 subpersistent. 



The species are most nearly allied to Hygrophorus, but they 

 differ greatly in the annulate stem and the blackish spores. There 

 is also an affinity with Cortinarlus, as shown by the cortina, but the 

 spores differ greatly in shape and colour. Species 1168 1171 



1168. G. glutinosus Fr. (from the glutinous pileus) a b c. 



P. becoming flat, smooth, purple-umber or umber-crimson, at first 

 paler. St. solid, viscid and zoned with the fugitive V., whitish 

 above, yellowish or brownish below ; Co. white. G. whitish 

 or olive-whitish, then cinereous. Flesh whitish, greyish or 

 pale rose. 



Said to be edible. Eaten at Hereford Fungus Forays, but not much approved, 

 1870. Taste watery, mouldy; odour faint. Woods, chiefly pine, larch - t 

 common. July-Nov. 4^ X 3f X in. Must not be confounded with 

 155. Var. roseits Fr. P. rose-colour, sometimes dark crimson-red. St. 

 white above, pale rose below. 



1169. G. viseidus Fr. (from the somewhat viscid pileus) a b c. 



P. becoming flat, rich apricot, shaded vermilion, sometimes 

 brick-red, often mottled bright purple. St. solid, orange, pale 

 purplish above. G. olive, then crimson-purple, purplish or 



