E. Horak 1973
A small, pale, strongly glutinous Gliophorus with creamy‑beige colours fading to white with age, decurrent whitish lamellae, and a hyaline gelatinous gill‑edge thread. The clustered habit, pallid palette, and narrow ixocutis hyphae make it a distinctive member of the genus.
Pileus: 5-20 mm diam., convex, later plane or umbilicate. Colour creamy to beige, becoming lighter with age fading to white. Surface glutinous; margin thin, membranaceous, and translucidly striate when moist.
Lamellae: broadly adnate to decurrent, pallid orange, later whitish. Gill edge with a hyaline, gelatinous thread.
Stipe: 15-40 x 2-3 mm, cylindric, whitish or pinkish, base with ochraceous tints. Entire stipe glutinous; solid; often clustered.
Context: whitish.
Odour/tast: not distinctive.
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