GILL FUNGI 



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hollow; gills adnatc, black; spores dark, ellipsoid, G-IO y( 3-Sfi. The name 

 refers to its abundance. 



Common on and about old trunks, etc., spring to frost; excellent. 



OOMrillDIUS 



Characterized by the black fusoid spores and decurrent gills, which separate 

 more or less readily into two halves. A veil is present and is usually more or less 

 sticky. The cap is typically covered with a very sticky slime. This genus ha.s 

 points of resemblance with Cortinarius and with II y g r o p h o r u s. So far 

 as known all the species are edible. The name refers to the peg-like form. 



Figure 52. P.s.\thvrella disseminata 



Gomphidius viscidus Sticky Gomphidius 

 Plate 11:9 



Cap 5-10 cm. wide, red-brown, sticky, shining when dry. bell-shaped, then 

 convex, plane or slightly depressed, more or less umbonate; stem 6-10 cm. by 1-2 

 cm., yellowish or reddish, more or less fibrous and somewhat sticky, solid, curtain 

 cobwebby, scarcely sticky, often forming a faint ring, then disappearing; gills 

 long decurrent, brown-purple, often with an olive tinge, somewhat grown together; 

 spores dark, oblong to fusoid, 16-23 X 6-8/1. The name refers to the sticky cap. 



Common on the ground in woods, summer and autumn; edible. 



