GOMPHIDIUS. 349 



rather distant, forked, "wHtish-grey, finally olive; stem 

 1|— 2 in. long, ^-| in. thick, whitish, more or less attenuated 

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

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

 fusiform, 16-18 X '^ f-. 



Gomphidius roseus, Pries, Hym. Enr., p. 400 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 880. 



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



In woods. 



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

 tiful strawberry 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 spongy, 

 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 

 1^ line broad, thick, whitish then pale bistre, becoming 

 blackish ; stem 1^2 in. long, ^ in. thick at the apex, often 

 thinner downwards, flexuous, paUid, with whitish squamules 

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

 spores dingy olive, elongato-fasiform, 16-18 x 5 /*. 



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

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



In fir woods. 



Pileus 1 in. across, conico-subhemispheiical, 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 ; gUls arched, 

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

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



