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AGARICACE/E 



Hebeloma 



646. I. Trieholoma Sacc. (from its resemblance to species of 



Tricholoma) a b c. 



P. convexo-plane, subdepressed, ivory-whitish, shaded pale buff; 

 marg. fringed with V. St. stuffed, fibroso-scaly above, colour 

 as P., or faintly shaded salmon. G. adnato-decurrent, crowded, 

 pale clay-fuscous or faintly olive-shaded. 

 Woods, mixed. Nov. ij X li X T 3 5 in. 



XXVI. HEBELOMA Quel. 



(From the fringe-like veil, seen in certain young examples ; Gr. hebe, 



youth, loma, a fringe.) 



Veil partial in 648, 654a and 655 forming an imperfect annulus 

 or universal, indicated by gluten, squamules, fibrillce or silkiness. 

 Hymenophore confluent and homogeneous with the fleshy stem. 

 Pikus fleshy, cuticle continuous, smooth, damp, subviscid or 



Fig. 35. A, section of Hebeloma fastibile Quel. ; B, ditto half-grown 

 example showing veil. One-half natural size. 



glutinous, margin at first incurved, sometimes silky from veil. Stem 

 central, simple, fibrous-coated, submealy at the apex, simple or 

 rarely imperfectly annulate. Gills sinuato-adnate or adnexed, at 

 first pallid-whitish or clay-colour, then darker. Spores dull tan or 

 somewhat clay-colour or brown. (Fig. 35.) 



All the species, except 649, grow on the ground; they are 

 gregarious and strongly scented ; some are poisonous, none are edible ; 

 they appear early in autumn and last till late in the season. 



Hebeloma corresponds with the non-fibrillose species of Tricho- 

 loma, Entoloma and Hypholoma. Species 647 669 



a. Indnsiatce. Pilcns furnished with a cortina from the veil, by 



which the margin is often superficially silky. Stem usually 

 white-pruinate or white-mealy above or minutely white- 

 scaly. 647657 



b. DenudatcE. Pileiis smooth ; cortina obsolete. 658 667 



