Gomphidius oregonensis Pk. Cap 2.5-15cm across, broadly convex; ochraceous salmon, turning blackish brown when old; smooth, viscid when wet. Gills decurrent, distant, broad; white then smoky gray-brown. Stem 40-100 x 10-25mm; white above, with yellow flush at base; a white, fibrillose veil above, covered with a secondary glutinous veil; several fruit bodies often clumped together with their stems fused at base. Flesh solid; white, yellow at base of stem. Odor mild. Taste mild. Spores spindle shaped to narrowly ellipsoid, tapered at ends, 10-13 x 4-6µ. Deposit smoky black. Habitat normally emerging from a large fleshy mass buried deep in the soil, usually under conifers. Found along the Pacific Coast. Season August-October. Edible but poor.