GOMPHIDIUS. 349 



rather distant, forked, whitisli-grej, finally olive ; stem 

 li-2 in. long, l-'^ in. thick, whitish, more or less attenuated 

 downwards, whitish, ring imperfect, solid, flesh more or less 

 tinged wdth red at the base ; spores smoky-olive, elongato- 

 fusiform, 16-18 x 7 fx. 



Gomphidius roseus, Fries, Hym. Enr., p. 400 ; Cke., Ilhistr., 

 pi. 880. 



Gomphidius viscosus, var. B. roseus, Cke., Hdbk., p. 284, 



In woods. 



Pileus 2 in, broad, plano-convex, very slimy, of a beau- 

 tiful strawberr}' colour, shining when dry with a satiny 

 lustre. Gills albido-cinereous, very decurrent, forked, dis- 

 tant; veil thick, filamentous and coloured within by the 

 spores. Stem attenuated downwards, solid but spungy, 

 silky with a pale tinge of rose, (Berk.) 



Gomphideus gracilis. Berk. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, conical, then hemispherical, 

 sometimes depressed round the disc and subumbonate, 

 vinous-brown or dingy tan-colour, covered with a smoke- 

 coloured gluten which leaves blackish spots in drying, 

 chiefly near the margin ; gills decurrent, forked, about 

 l.V line broad, thick, whitish then pale bistre, becoming 

 bfackish; stem 1^2 in, long, i in, thick at the apex, often 

 thinner downwards, flexuous, pallid, with whitish squamules 

 above, virgate below, base yellow, solid, ring obsolete; 

 spores dingy olive, elongato-fusiform, 16-18 X 5 /a, 



Gomphidius gracilis. Berk., Outl., p. 196, t. 12, f. 7; Cke,, 

 Hdbk., p. 285 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 883. 



In fir woods. 



Pileus 1 in. across, conico-subhemispherical, of a pale 

 vinous-brown, when dry clothed with dirty fuliginous slime, 

 which dries, especially round the margin, into black spots, 

 or forms a narrow, irregular black border. Stem 2 in. 

 high, 1^ line thick, flexuous, pale, especially above, where it 

 is sprinkled with minute white scales, virgate below, with 

 the remains of the slime, yellow at the base ; gills arched, 

 decurrent, forked, thick, obtuse, clothed under a lens with 

 short tomentoso hairs, of a washy bistre. (Berk.) 



