GOMPHIDIUS. 347 



rather distant, about 2 lines broad, slightly decurrent, 

 whitish, then grey, finally greenish-olive ; stem 2-4 in. long 

 ■|-| in. thick, subequal, whitish, ring indistinct, solid, flesh 

 white except towards the base, where it is yellow; spores 

 elongato-fnsiform, smoky-olive, 18-20 x 6 /i, 



Gomphidius glutinosus, Fries, Syst. Myc. i. p. 315; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 284; Cke., Illustr., pL 879. 



In fir woods. 



Pileus 2-5 in. broad ; gills truly branched ; stem 2-3 

 in. or more high, ^ in. thick, dirty white, the base 

 thickened and yellow, sometimes adorned wiih black scales. 

 (Fries.) 



The whole fungus is elastic, pileus glutinous, stem often 

 also viscid from the remains of the viscid veil ; gills more or 

 less decurrent (said by Fries to be adnexed). Distinguished 

 by the bright yellow flesh at the base of the stem. 



Gomphidius viscidus. Fr. (fig. 7-9, p. 303.) 



Pileus 2—6 in. broad, viscid, convex then depi'essed round 

 the disc and obtusely umbonate, margin acute, reddish- 

 brown, flesh thick, pale yellowish-brown ; gills rather 

 distant, decurrent, elastic, branched, becoming purplish- 

 umber with an olive tinge; stem 3-5 in. long, |-1 in. thick, 

 subequal or slightly ventricose, pale yellow-brown, more or 

 less floccose, ring imperfect, solid, flesh yellowish-brown, 

 deepest at the base; spores elongato-fusiform, 18—20 x 6 /x. 



Gomphidius viscidus, Fries, Syst. M^c. i. p. 315; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 284; Cke., Illust., pi. 881. 



Under fir-trees, &c. 



Stem rhubarb-colour within ; pileus 2-3 in. diameter, 

 stem 3—4 in. long, -}, in. thick, but these dimensions are often 

 exceeded, gills pallid then greenish, at length purple-umber. 

 (Cooke.) 



Pileus 2-3 in. broad, top-shaped, umbonate, yellow in the 

 centre, the margin liver-coloured, shining; gills decurrent, 

 somewhat branched, firm, elastic, thick, entire, purple- 

 brown, the shorter connected with the longer ; spores dark, 

 fusiform. Stem 3 in. high, -|— J in. thick, rhubarb-coloured 

 without and within, fibrillose, attenuated below, firm, solid, 

 slimy from the remains of the veil, which forms an obsolete 

 filamentous ring. (Berk.) 



