Gomphidius

Rosy gomphidius is a slimy species, which may be parasitic on Suillus lakei and related boletes. It is found mainly in western North America.

A species of western North America which may have a parasitic relationship with the mycelium of Suillus lakei (a bolete).

Gomphidius glutinosusSlimy SpikeSlo.: veliki slinarDate: Sept. 15. 2009Lat.: 46.41820 Long.: 13.65340Code: Bot_378/2009-3614Habitat: Consolidated alluvial deposits of a mountain stream, calcareous sandy ground, among grasses, half under a small (1.5 m 5 feet tall) Picea abies, pretty sunny and dry place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperatures 5-7 deg C, elevation 900 m (3.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: sandy soilPlace: Loka Koritnica valley, near ex uj farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje. Slovenia ECRef.: G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p242J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p96Magnification 1.000 x Oil, Motic B1-211

Gomphidius glutinosusSlimy SpikeSlo.: veliki slinarDate: Sept. 15. 2009Lat.: 46.41820 Long.: 13.65340Code: Bot_378/2009-3614Habitat: Consolidated alluvial deposits of a mountain stream, calcareous sandy ground, among grasses, half under a small (1.5 m 5 feet tall) Picea abies, pretty sunny and dry place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperatures 5-7 deg C, elevation 900 m (3.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: sandy soilPlace: Loka Koritnica valley, near ex uj farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje. Slovenia ECRef.: G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p242J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p96

Gomphidius glutinosusSlimy SpikeSlo.: veliki slinarDate: Sept. 15. 2009Lat.: 46.41820 Long.: 13.65340Code: Bot_378/2009-3614Habitat: Consolidated alluvial deposits of a mountain stream, calcareous sandy ground, among grasses, half under a small (1.5 m 5 feet tall) Picea abies, pretty sunny and dry place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperatures 5-7 deg C, elevation 900 m (3.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: sandy soilPlace: Loka Koritnica valley, near ex uj farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje. Slovenia ECRef.: G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p242J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p96

Gomphidius glutinosusSlimy SpikeSlo.: veliki slinarDate: Sept. 15. 2009Lat.: 46.41820 Long.: 13.65340Code: Bot_378/2009-3614Habitat: Consolidated alluvial deposits of a mountain stream, calcareous sandy ground, among grasses, half under a small (1.5 m 5 feet tall) Picea abies, pretty sunny and dry place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperatures 5-7 deg C, elevation 900 m (3.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: sandy soilPlace: Loka Koritnica valley, near ex uj farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje. Slovenia ECRef.: G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p242J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p96

Slimy Spike is reported from both Europe and North America. Photo is from the sub-alpine above Howe Sound, British Columbia.

Gomphidius glutinosusSlimy SpikeSlo.: veliki slinarDate: Sept. 15. 2009Lat.: 46.41820 Long.: 13.65340Code: Bot_378/2009-3614Habitat: Consolidated alluvial deposits of a mountain stream, calcareous sandy ground, among grasses, half under a small (1.5 m 5 feet tall) Picea abies, pretty sunny and dry place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperatures 5-7 deg C, elevation 900 m (3.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: sandy soilPlace: Loka Koritnica valley, near ex uj farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje. Slovenia ECRef.: G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p242J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p96

Gomphidius glutinosusSlimy SpikeSlo.: veliki slinarDate: Sept. 15. 2009Lat.: 46.41820 Long.: 13.65340Code: Bot_378/2009-3614Habitat: Consolidated alluvial deposits of a mountain stream, calcareous sandy ground, among grasses, half under a small (1.5 m 5 feet tall) Picea abies, pretty sunny and dry place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperatures 5-7 deg C, elevation 900 m (3.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: sandy soilPlace: Loka Koritnica valley, near ex uj farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje. Slovenia ECRef.: G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p242J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p96

Gomphidius glutinosusSlimy SpikeSlo.: veliki slinarDate: Sept. 15. 2009Lat.: 46.41820 Long.: 13.65340Code: Bot_378/2009-3614Habitat: Consolidated alluvial deposits of a mountain stream, calcareous sandy ground, among grasses, half under a small (1.5 m 5 feet tall) Picea abies, pretty sunny and dry place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperatures 5-7 deg C, elevation 900 m (3.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: sandy soilPlace: Loka Koritnica valley, near ex uj farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje. Slovenia ECRef.: G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p242J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p96

Gomphidius glutinosusSlimy SpikeSlo.: veliki slinarDate: Sept. 15. 2009Lat.: 46.41820 Long.: 13.65340Code: Bot_378/2009-3614Habitat: Consolidated alluvial deposits of a mountain stream, calcareous sandy ground, among grasses, half under a small (1.5 m 5 feet tall) Picea abies, pretty sunny and dry place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperatures 5-7 deg C, elevation 900 m (3.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: sandy soilPlace: Loka Koritnica valley, near ex uj farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje. Slovenia ECRef.: G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p242J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p96

Gomphidius glutinosusSlimy SpikeSlo.: veliki slinarDate: Sept. 15. 2009Lat.: 46.41820 Long.: 13.65340Code: Bot_378/2009-3614Habitat: Consolidated alluvial deposits of a mountain stream, calcareous sandy ground, among grasses, half under a small (1.5 m 5 feet tall) Picea abies, pretty sunny and dry place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperatures 5-7 deg C, elevation 900 m (3.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: sandy soilPlace: Loka Koritnica valley, near ex uj farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje. Slovenia ECRef.: G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p242J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p96

Gomphidius glutinosusSlimy SpikeSlo.: veliki slinarDate: Sept. 15. 2009Lat.: 46.41820 Long.: 13.65340Code: Bot_378/2009-3614Habitat: Consolidated alluvial deposits of a mountain stream, calcareous sandy ground, among grasses, half under a small (1.5 m 5 feet tall) Picea abies, pretty sunny and dry place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperatures 5-7 deg C, elevation 900 m (3.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: sandy soilPlace: Loka Koritnica valley, near ex uj farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje. Slovenia ECRef.: G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p242J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p96

A slimy and clustering species found mainly in the Pacific Northwest.