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Gomphidius glutinosus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Barna nyálkásgomba, Gomphide glutineux, Grosser Schmierling, Kuhmaul, Slimy Spike
Gomphideus glutinosusF Mushroom
Ref No: 7794
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Gomphidius glutinosus Mushroom
Ref No: 7795
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Yellow, Violet or purple, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Gomphidius glutinosus (Fr.) Fr. syn. Gomphus glutinosus (Fr.) Kummer. Grosser Schmierling Barna nyálkásgomba Gomphide glutineux Slimy Spike. Cap 5–12cm across, greyish violet, glutinous. Stem 35–100 x 10–20mm, whitish above, grey-brown below, sometimes lemon-chrome at the base, glutinous with a glutinous veil connecting stem and cap margin which leaves a gelatinous blackening zone near the stem apex. Flesh whitish flushing vinaceous in the cap, strongly lemon-chrome towards the stem base. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills decurrent, distant, whitish then vinaceous grey, darkening with age. Spore print sepia. Spores subfusiform, 17–20 x 5.5–6um. Habitat with conifers. Season autumn. Rare. Edible but not recommended. Distribution, America and Europe.

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Lyubomir Radoev (Bulgaria) - 14 July 2013

Gomphidius glutinosus
Dejan Stojanovic (Yugoslavia) - 16 June 2011

Habitat in Zaplanje, village Gadžin Han (city of Nis), Southern Serbia, SERBIA.
Gomphidius glutinosus
Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 11 December 2010

Trawice-Kaszuby.Poland
Gomphidius glutinosus
Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 07 February 2009

Hungarian name, Barna nyálkásgomba
Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 17 November 2008

Hope you can see the layer of slime (gluten)on the right-hand-side specimen. Because of this, one of the local German names (used in Austria) is Kuhmaul (Cow-mouth).
Gomphidius glutinosus
Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 17 November 2008

Gomphidius glutinosus
Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 17 November 2008

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Gomphidius glutinosus
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