Agaricaceee 



made a source of an abundant food supply. 

 Vol. 25, No. 6, June, 1898. 



Peck. Torrey Bulletin, 



(Plate CXII.) 



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GOMPHIDIUS VISCIDUS. 



One-half natural size. 



Gr. vis'cidus Fr. viscid. Pileus 2-3 in. and more broad, brownish- 

 red, compact, at first bell-shaped, 

 then expanded, umbonate, slightly 

 viscous, shining when dry. Flesh 

 yellowish. Stem 3-4 in. and more 

 long, )4 in. thick, solid, equal or 

 attenuated at the base which is rhu- 

 barb-colored internally, scaly-fibril- 

 lose, not very viscous, yellowish. 

 Cortina very evidently fioccose, not 

 glutinous, woven in the form of a 

 ring, but readily falling off. Gills 

 deeply decurrent, distant, the shorter 

 ones adnexed to the longer, not truly 

 branched, at first paler, somewhat 

 olive, at length brownish -purple, 

 clouded with the spores. Fries. 

 Hymenophore descending between the gill plates. Odor not unpleas- 

 ant. Stevenson. 



Chiefly used in catsup. Cooke. Edible. Leuba. Cooke. 

 North Carolina, Massachusetts, Frost. Minnesota, California, Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Many grew under pines at Mt. Gretna, Pa., September to November. 

 The gills seemed branched, but were grown together. Taste and smell 

 pleasant. The caps are good, but not equal to G. rhodoxanthus. 



G. rhodoxan'thus Schw. (Plate XCVII, fig. 4, 5, p. 352.) Soli- 

 tary. Pileus 1-2 in. broad, cushion-shaped, reddish-yellow, sometimes 

 with dusky hues. Gills arched, decurrent, orange-yellow. Stem atten- 

 uated, short, firm. 



Spores oblong, IO-I2.5/A in length. Peck. Olivaceous. Mcllvaine. 



Solitary, gregarious or cespitose. 



Among leaves and grass in shady places. August to October. 



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