Haddonfield, N.J., among leaves in mixed woods. Frequent. 1896. Mt. Gretna, Pa., among leaves under oaks. Frequent. September to November. McIlvaine.
Caps 1½-3 in. across. Remarkably glutinous, shining as if varnished when wet. Partial veil not always noticeable.
The odor and taste are pleasant. The caps when well cooked are meaty, good, but of second quality.
Denuda´ti. Pileus smooth, etc.
H. crustulinifor´me Bull.—crustulum, a small pie; forma, form. Pileus pale-whitish tan, most frequently pale-yellowish or brick-color at the disk, fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse or slightly gibbous with an obtuse umbo, somewhat spreading with an uneven margin, even, smooth, at first slightly viscid, not zoned. Flesh transparent when moist. Stem stuffed then hollow, stout, somewhat bulbous, white, naked, white-scaly at the top. Gills rounded-adnexed, crowded, narrowed, 1 line broad and linear, thin, whitish then clay-color, at length date-brown, the unequal edge distilling watery drops in wet weather, spotted when dry.
Veil quite wanting. Odor strong, fetid, of radish. Very variable in stature; the stem, however, is never elongated as in A. elatus, etc.; in smaller specimens equal, pileus regular, gills almost adnate.
In mixed woods. Common. August to November. Stevenson.
Spores ellipsoid, 10–12×5–7µ K.; 9×5µ W.G.S.
Var. mi´nor Cke. Smaller than the type.
Minnesota, common in woods, Johnson; California, H. and M.; Wisconsin, Bundy; New Jersey, Ellis; Vermont, Burt (Lloyd); New York, Peck, 41st Rep.; Mt. Gretna, Pa., November, 1898. In woods. McIlvaine.