64 AGARICINI. 



Gomphidius. scales. Cortina often woven in the form of a ring, but soon 

 fugacious. Gills deeply decurrent, distant, distinct, branched, 

 quite entire, mucilaginous, 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) broad, at first 

 whitish, then cinereous, clouded with the spores. 



Trama none, wherefore the gills easily separate from the pileus. Taste 

 watery, mouldy. Odour not marked. 



In woods, chiefly pine. Common. July-Nov. 



Spores oblong, uniguttate, 18-23 x 6-8 mk. K.; 16-17 x 6 mk. IV.G.S. Name 

 — gluten. Glutinous. Fr. Monogr. \\.p. 149. Hym. Eur. p. 399. Berk. Out. 

 p. 196. C. Hbk. n. 579. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 506. Ag. Schceff. t. 36. Sow. 

 t. 7. Fl. Dan. t. 1247. Letell. t. 547. Krombh. t. 62. f. 18-20. Corda ap. 

 Sturm, xi. t. 51. 



Var. roseus. — Pileus rose-colour. Stem white, attenuated and 

 rosy flesh-colour internally at the base. 



Very distinguished, constant, always smaller. Spores oblong, 20-22 x 6 mk. 

 K. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 150. Hym. Eur. p. 400. C. Hbk. n. 579. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 506. Kro7nbh. t. 63./. 13-17. Saund. & Sm. t. 8. 



2. G. viscidus Fr. — Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) and more 

 broad, fuscous-rufous, compact, at first campanulate, then ex- 

 panded, umbonate, slightly viscous, shining when dry ; flesh 

 yellowish. Stem 7.5-10 cent. (3-4 in.) and more long, 12 mm. 

 (}4 in.) thick, solid, equal or attenuated at the base which is 

 rhubarb-coloured internallv, scaly-fibrillose, not very viscous, 

 yellowish. Cortina very evidently floccose, not glutinous, woven 

 in the form of a ring, but readily falling off. Gills deeply" de- 

 current, distant, the shorter ones adnexed to the longer, not 

 truly branched, at first paler, somewhat olive, at length fuscous- 

 purple, clouded with the spores. 



Hymenophore descending between the gill plates. Odour not unpleasant. 



In woods, chiefly pine. Frequent. July-Oct. 



In Hym. Eur. Fries describes the gills as truly branched, while in Monogr. 



they are described as above. Name — viscidus, viscid. Spores 16-17 x 6 mk. 



IV.G.S. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 150. Hym. Eur. p. 400. Berk. Out. p. 196. 



C. Hbk. n. 580. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 507. Ag. Linn. — Schceff. t. 55. Krombh. 



t. 4./. 5-7. Pers. Ic. 6" descr. t. 13./. 1-3. 



3. G. gracilis B. & Br.— Pileus 2.5 cent. (1 in.) broad, pale 

 vinous brown, clothed with dingy fuliginous gluten, at length 

 spotted with black. Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) long, 3 mm. {i]/ 2 lin.) 

 thick, slender, filexuous, pale, sprinkled with minute white scales 

 above, virgate below (with the remains of the slime), yellow at 

 the base. Gills decurrent, arched, forked, thick, obtuse, of a 

 watery dingy white. 



