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AGARICACE^i 



Hebeloi?ia 



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

 Tricholomd) 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 ij X T \ in. 



XXVI. HEBELOMA Quel. 



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



youth, loi?ia, a fringe.) 



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

 — or universal, indicated by gluten, squamules, fibrillar or silkiness. 

 Hymenophore confluent and homogeneous with the fleshy stem. 

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



Fig. 35. — A, section of Hebelo7)ia 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. 



Hebcloma corresponds with the non-fibrillose species of T?'icho- 

 lo?na^ Eiitoloma and Uypholoma. Species 647 — 669 



a. Indusiatce. Pileus 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. 647—657 



b. De?mdatce. Pileus smooth ; cortina obsolete. 658 — 667 



