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Mycologia 



i. Gomphidius viscidus (L.) Fries, Epicr. Myc. 319. 1838 



Agaricus viscidus L. Sp. PI. 1173. I 753- 



Paxillus pubescens Ellis, Bull. Torrey Club 6: 76. 1876. 



Pileus fleshy, convex, umbonate, 3-8 cm. broad ; surface smooth, 

 viscid, reddish-brown, not blackening; context compact, yellow; 

 lamellae much branched, long decurrent, especially with age, rather 

 broad, subcrowded, reddish-brown, sometimes slightly blackened in 

 old specimens ; spores subcylindric to subfusiform, smooth, trans- 

 lucent, uniguttulate, brownish, 16-23 x 5—8 /x ; stipe cylindric or 

 tapering below, pale-brown with abundant yellowish-brown to- 

 mentum when young, rhubarb-colored within, solid, 4-5 cm. long, 

 4-10 mm. thick; veil not evident. 



Type locality : Sweden. 



Habitat : On the ground in pine woods. 



Distribution : Eastern United States, New York to Alabama ; 

 also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Hussey, 111. Brit. Myc. 2: pi. 24; Pat. Tab. 

 Fung. 2: /. 656; Richon & Roze, Atl. Champ, pi. 23, f. 7-10; 

 SchaefT. Fung. Bavar. pi. 55; Sow. Engl. Fungi pi. 105. 



2. Gomphidius glutinosus (SchaefT.) Fries, Gen. Hymen. 8. 



1836 



Agaricus glutinosus SchaefT. Fung. Bavar. Ind. 17. 1774. 



Pileus fleshy, obtuse, 5-14 cm. broad; surface purplish-brown, 

 often with black spots, sometimes yellowish-brown, never entirely 

 blackening, glutinous ; context white, soft, watery, with no dis- 

 tinctive odor ; lamellae decurrent, forking, entire, easily separating, 

 short, white to cinereous, sometimes dark-brown but not blacken- 

 ing, subcrowded, broad; spores dark-brown, smooth, fusiform, 

 translucent, 17-23 x 4-6 fx; cystidia cylindric ; stipe cylindric or 

 larger below, viscid, whitish, due to the dense coat of appressed 

 fibrils, 4-9 cm. long, 8-15 mm. thick; veil heavy, glutinous, leaving 

 an evident annulus. 



Type locality : Bavaria. 



Habitat : On the ground in coniferous woods. 



Distribution : Northeastern North America ; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Richon & Roze, Atl. Champ, pi. 23, f. 11-14; 

 Ricken, Blatterp. Deutschl. pi. 3, f. 1; SchaefT. Fung. Bavar. pi. 

 36; Sow. Engl. Fungi pi. 7. 



