Gliophorus viridis
(Stevenson) Horak
Description:
Takeaway: A small, intensely green, strongly glutinous Gliophorus species, distinguished by its herbage‑to‑malachite green pileus, adnate–subdecurrent whitish‑green lamellae, even gill edge lacking a gelatinous thread, As in most species of Gliophorus it has the typical yellow foot to the stipe.

Pileus: 10-15(-35) mm diam., hemispherical when young, later convex or expanded; centre often darker. Colour herbage green to malachite green, darker at disc. Surface glutinous; margin sharp and strongly striated when moist.
Lamellae: adnate to subdecurrent, whitish-greenish; moderately close. Gill edge even, concolorous, without a gelatinous thread.
Stipe: 15-50 x 2-3 mm, cylindric, equal; apex concolorous with pileus, base orange-grey to yellowish. Stipe glutinous except at the uppermost portion; hollow; single.
Context: green in pileus, orange-grey at stipe base; unchanging.
Odour/tast: slightly alkaline; taste mild.

Common name: None
Habitat: Nothofagus and Lowland podocarp-broadleaf forest
Substrate: Saprobic, on soil amidst leaf litter
Distribution: New Zealand wide
Season: Autumn to early winter
Biostatus: Indigenous, non-endemic
Edible: No
Spore print: White
Macro images:
Gliophorus viridis
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PDD 87862    Scale= 6.6 mm.
 
Gliophorus viridis
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Scale= 6.6 mm.
 
Gliophorus viridis
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Scale= 6.2 mm.
 
Gliophorus viridis
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Scale= 6.2 mm.
 
Gliophorus viridis
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Scale= 5.7 mm.
 
Gliophorus viridis
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Scale= 5.7 mm.
 
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