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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Hebeloma pascuense. Pk. 



Pascuense, pertaining 

 to pastures ; referring to 

 its habitat. 



The pileus is convex. 

 becoming nearly plane, 

 viscid when moist, ob- 

 scurely innately fibril- 

 lose ; brownish-clay, of- 

 ten darker or rufescent 

 in the center, the margin 

 in the young plant slight- 

 ly whitened by the thin 

 webby veil ; the margin 

 of the cap more or less 

 irregular, flesh white, the 

 taste mild, odor weak. 



The gills are close, 

 rounded behind, ad- 

 nexed. whitish, becom- 

 ing pale ochraceous. 



The stem is short, 

 firm, equal, solid, fibril- 

 lose, slightly mealy at the 

 top, whitish or pallid. 



The spores are pale 

 ochraceous, subelliptical. 

 I found the plants in 

 Figure 222 on Cemetery 

 Hill late in November. 

 It is a verv low plant, 



Figure 222. -Hebeloma pascuense. Natural size. Caps chestnut-color. ff T under the nine 



trees and keeping close to the walks. The whitened margin of the young plant 

 is a very good ear-mark by which to know this species. 



Pluteolus. / ; r. 



Pluteolus means a small shed. It is the diminutive of pluteus, a shed or pent- 

 house, from its conical cap. 



The pileus is rather fleshy, viscid, conical or campanulate, then expanded: 

 margin at first straight, adpressed to the stem. Stem somewhat cartilaginous, 

 distinct from the hymenophore. Gills free, rounded behind. 



