Gomphidius glutinosus    (Schaeff.:Fr.) Fr. 

common name(s) : Slimy Spike, Glutinous Gomphidius 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Boletales/Gomphidiaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Boletales/Gomphidiaceae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Gomphus glutinosus, Leucogomphidius glutinosus)  

edibility : edible

photo gallery of Gomphidius glutinosus
photo gallery of Gomphidius glutinosus potential confusions with Gomphidius glutinosus toxicity of Gomphidius glutinosus genus Gomphidius  

The cap is chocolate brown to grey violaceous. The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky.

The stem is white, scaly, yellow towards base, with a ring zone (cortina remains).

The flesh is white, bright yellow in stem base, brown under the cap surface, turning slowly red when exposed to air; its taste is mild; the odour is pleasant; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white then ash grey then blackish, decurrent, distant . The spore print is brown to black. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, on a rather slightly acid soil, with spruce, fir.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 8 cm (between 3 and 15 cm)
  height of stem approximately 8 cm (between 3 and 15 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 15 mm (between 7 and 50 mm)

Distinctive features : slimy cap and stem; yellow stem base; thick and distant gills, easily separated from cap

Gomphidius glutinosus is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Gomphidius glutinosus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Gomphidius glutinosus in the forest of Rambouillet



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