CLASSIFICATION OF AGARICS IT:; 



Gregarious, in woods. New Richmond, etc. Frequency on- 

 known. September. 



The beaded .uills, color of pileus, subdistanl t<» distant gills, odor 

 and taste are the distinguishing features. Tl lor Lb somewhal 



Of radish. 



497. Hebeloma mesophaeum Fr. 



Epicrisis, L836. 



Illustrations: Cooke, ill.. PI. 111. 



Ricken, Blatterpilze, PL 32, Fig. 3. 



PILEUS 1-3 cm. broad, campanulate or subconical at first. 

 then convex-expanded and subumbonate, sometimes wavy on margin, 

 slightly viscid, bull' to whitish on margin, brownish to chestnut or 

 rufous <»n <lisk. glabrous, silky-shining, even, the margin ai times 

 decorated with the delicate remnants <>!' the dingy-white cortina. 

 GILLS so. ui emarginate, adnalo, close, rather broad, whitish ;ii 

 in vi then pale rusty-alutaceous, edge white-fimbriate. STEM 4-6 cm. 

 long, 3-5 mm. thick, mostly slcmler, fleshy-fibrous, equal, silky-fibril- 

 lose, sometimes twisted, mealy at apex, whitish, becoming dingy, 

 with a small tubule. ODOB and TASTE slight. 



Gregarious to subcaespitose. <>n sandy ground among grass or 

 on bare ground in w Is. fields, etc. Ann Arbor. October. Some- 

 times frequent. 



Known by its rather small, subconical pileus when young, ii> 

 tough, equal stem, peculiar cast to the pi lens and lack of a distinctive 

 odor. The spores are rather larger than the size given by Massee, 

 but otherwise it agrees well with Fries' description. 'I'lic stem is 

 at first solid bul develops a slight tubule in age.. It differs from 

 II. hirmclr in the presence of a cortina which sometimes forms a 

 slight, fugacious ring on the stem. Dried, the cap and stem remain 

 whitish-tan. Th<- surface of the cap is often quite silky. Ricken 

 says it is known by its rusty-brown flesh when old. a character 1 

 have not n<>] iced. 



498. Hebeloma gregarium Pk. 

 N. V. State Mus. Rep. I'.'. LS96. 



PILEUS 1.5-3 cm. broad, convex, obtuse, slightly viscid, isabelline 

 ti. ochraceous-tan, sometimes darker on disk, glabrous, • 



