Var. ro´seus. Pileus rose-color. Stem white, attenuated and rosy flesh-color internally at the base. Very distinguished, always smaller.
Spores 20–22×6µ K.
Nova Scotia. Massachusetts. Frost.
I have not seen this species or its variety. Eminent authorities vouch for its edibility.
G. Oregonen´sis Pk. Pileus at first convex, becoming nearly plane or somewhat centrally depressed, viscid, brown or dark-brown, becoming black in drying, taste sweet and pleasant. Lamellæ numerous, rather close, adnate or slightly decurrent, blackish in the dried plant. Stem short, solid, equal or slightly tapering upward, colored like the pileus. Spores oblong, 10–12.5µ long, 4–5µ broad.
Pileus 5–10 cm. broad. Stem 2.5–5 cm. long, 4–10 mm. thick.
Fir woods. Oregon. September to December. Lane.
Dr. Lane writes that this species is edible and grows so abundantly in fir woods that it might be gathered by wagon loads and might be made a source of an abundant food supply. Peck. Torrey Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 6, June, 1898.
