Ochrosporse 



HEBELO'MA Fr. 



Hebe, youth; loma, fringe. 



Partial veil fibrillose or absent. Pileus smooth, continuous, some- Hebeioma. 

 what viscid, margin at first incurved. Flesh of stem continuous with 

 that of the pileus; fleshy, fibrous, clothed, top rather mealy. Gills at- 

 tached, notched at the stem, edge inclined to be pale. Spores clay- 

 colored. 



On the ground. 



Closely allied to Inocybe, formerly included in Hebeioma, but differ- 

 ing in the character of the cuticle of the pileus which in Inocybe is scaly 

 or fibrillose. Many of the species are strong in smell and taste. None 

 have hitherto been considered edible and some have been regarded as 

 poisonous 



ANALYSIS OF TRIBES. 



INDUSIATI (indusium, a garment). Page 283. 



Furnished with a ring from the manifest veil, which often makes the 

 margin of the pileus superficially silky. 



DENUDATI (denudo, to lay bare). Page 286. 

 Pileus smooth. Veil absent. None known to be edible. 



PUSILLUS (fusus, a little boy). 

 Pileus scarcely an inch broad. None known to be edible. 



The writer has not as yet investigated the edible qualities of this 

 genus to his satisfaction. Much work remains to be done. But two 

 species of Hebeioma are given as edible. They are good, but do not 

 rank above second-class. Several others have been tested, but not in 

 sufficient quantity to report upon their quality with perfect safety. So 

 far as tested the species have been harmless. 



INDUSIA'TI. With a ring, etc. 



H. mus'sivum Fr. mussivus, undecided. (Uncertain in generic 

 place. ) Pileus 2-4 in. broad, either of one color, yellow or darker at 

 the disk which is like a smooth sugar-cake, fleshy, compact, firm, con- 



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