Agaricaceae 



Hebeioma. vex then plane, unequal, very obtuse, viscid, at first smooth and even, 

 margin bent inward, even, then commonly turning upward and broken 

 up into scales. Flesh thick, becoming yellow. Stem 4 in. long, com- 

 monly I in. thick, very fleshy , sometimes stuffed, sometimes hollow at 

 the top, equal or broad in the middle, wholly fibrillose and powdered at 

 the top, light yellow. Veil fibrillose, very evanescent. Gills emargi- 

 nate, somewhat crowded, 3 lines broad, dry (not distilling drops), at 

 first light yellow, then together with the spores somewhat rust-colored. 



Odor weak, not unpleasant. Very distinct. It departs widely from 

 all the following species in its habit and bright colors. The habit is. 

 that of a Flammula or Cortinarius, but the gills are emarginate and not 

 powdered ; from the turned up pileus and from the stem being powdered 

 at the top, and from other marks it is to be referred to Hebeioma. Fries. 



Spores elliptical, I2x6/* Massee. 



New Jersey, Haddonfield. Under pine trees. Solitary. Frequent. 

 September, 1896. Mel lvalue. 



Not previously reported. 



Taste, even raw, is pleasant. It is meaty and the meat is good. It 

 requires slow cooking and is best chopped fine and served in patties or 

 croquettes. 



H. fasti'bile Fr. fastidibilis, loathsome. From the smell. Pileus 2 in. 

 (Plate LXXVIrt.) and more broad, pale yellowish, 



tan or becoming pale, compactly 

 fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse, 

 somewhat wavy, even, smooth, the 

 turned-in margin downy. Stem 

 2-3 in. long, % in. thick, solid, 

 wholly fleshy-fibrous, stout, some- 

 what bulbous, often twisted, every- 

 where white-silky and fibrillose, 

 white, but varying pallid, white- 

 scaly upward. Cortina remarka- 



ble, white, occasionally in the form of a ring. Gills remarkably emar- 

 ginate, somewhat distant, rather broad, at first becoming pale-white, 

 then dingy clay-color, edge whitish, distilling drops in rainy weather. 

 Somewhat cespitose Odor and taste of radish, bitterish. Like A. 



HEBELOMA FASTIBILE. 

 One-fourth natural size. 



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