AGAEICIXI. 



205 



Gen. 8. 



GOPflFHZDIUS, Fr. Epicr. p. 319. 



Fig. 50. 



Spores large, greenish-grey, 

 becoming black, fusiform (often 

 spuriously imiseptate, according 

 to Fries) ; yeil universal, glut- 

 inous, terminated on the stem 

 by a floccose anniilus ; pileus 

 continuous with the stem, fleshy, 

 convex, at length top-shaped ; 

 stem with a floccose annulus, 

 confluent with the hvmeno- 

 phore ; gills strongly decurrent, 

 somewhat branched, soft, mu- 

 cilaginous, often spreading in 

 a continuous membrane. 



Hab. Growing on the ground, chiefly in pine woods, solitary, 

 sub-persistent. {F'ig. 50.) 



Principally distinguislaedby the mucilacfinons nature of the gills. Xearly 

 allied to Coi-tmarms, but at once distinguished by the nature and colour of 

 the spores, and from all the dark purple and black- spored Agarics by the 

 compact pileus, etc. Properties unknown ; none edible. — W. G. S. 



579. Gosnphidius glutinosus. jpr. '-'Glutinous Gomphidius." 



Pileus obtuse, glutinous, purplish-brown ; gills whitish, then 

 cinereous, shortly adnexed ; trama none. — Fr. Epicr. p. 319. 

 Sow. t. 7. Fl.Dan. t. 1247. Schcpff. ^.36. LetelL i. 647. Erorahh. 

 «. 4./.3,4, f.G2,/. 15-20. Eng. Fl.x.p. U4.. Corda. Sturm, t.bl. 



In fir woods. 



Pileus 2-5 in. broad ; gills truly branched; stem 2-3 in. high, or more, ^ in. 

 thick, dirty white, the base thickened and yellow, sometimes adorned with 

 black scales.— i^'Wes. Spores "0006 X -00025 in. 



var. p. roseus. Smaller, base of stem and pileus rose-red. — 

 Kromhh. t. 63, f. 13-17. Saund ^ Sm. t. 8. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 124. 



Spores larger than the typical form. (Fig. 50, reduced.) 



580. 



Goinphidius viscidus. Fr. "Viscid Gomphidius." 



Pileus at length umbonate, viscid, brownish-red ; gills purplish- 

 umber, truly branched; trama similar to the pileus. — Fr. Epicr. 

 ^9.319. Schcpff. t. 55. LetelL t. 603. Kronibh. t. A. J. 5-7. Pers. Ic. 

 ^ Desc. t. 13,/. 1-3. Sow. 1. 105. Ag. rutilus, Eng. Fl. Y.p. 124. 



