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. W. G.S. Name 

 gluten. Glutinous. Fr. Monogr. ii. 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. /. 18-20. Corda ap. 

 Sturm, xi. /. 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. Krombh. t. 63. f. 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 internally, 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. 

 W.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. Schee/. t. 55. Krombh. 

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



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

 vinous brown, clothed with dingy fuliginous gluten, at length 

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

 thick, slender, fiexuous, 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. 



