– Cap convex to expanded, slimy in moist weather, gray-lilac to gray-brown, becoming black-spotted with age.
– Gills decurrent, initially gray-white and covered with a clear slimy membrane, that later detaches leaving a slimy ring zone on the stem.
– Stem slimy to sticky, white, with a lemon-yellow base and a slimy ring zone.
– Ring zone soon blackens due to the falling black spores.
Gomphidioid agarics
Slimy Spike
Gomphidius glutinosus
LC
Least concern
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with spruce in coniferous forests.
Notes
A good edible mushroom, but the cap cuticle should be removed before cooking, preferably already in the forest. Use only young, firm specimens.
Similar species
Suillus luteus may look similar from above, but once picked, the difference is easily seen on the underside of the cap.
Gomphidius roseus is a related species that has a red to pink cap.
Chroogomphus rutilus s.lat. is similar in shape and size but has lilac grey to vinaceous colours.
Gomphidius roseus is a related species that has a red to pink cap.
Chroogomphus rutilus s.lat. is similar in shape and size but has lilac grey to vinaceous colours.
