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Hebeloma firmurn (Pers.) Fr. 

 FIRM HEBELOMA 

 Sylloge 5 793 

 Pileus fleshy, convex or campanulate becoming expanded, umbo- 

 nate, viscid, fibrillose, brick red with paler margin; lamellae close, 

 rounded behind, adnexed, tan color becoming subf erruginous ; stem- 

 equal or nearly so, solid or with a small cavity, floocosely squamu- 

 lose, whitish sometimes becoming subferruginous toward the base ; 

 spores subellipsoid, 10-12 x 5-6 /a 



Pileus 5-7 cm broad ; stem 4-6 cm long, 6-8 mm thick. 

 Mossy ground in low woods.- Essex co. September. 



Hebeloma parvifructum Pk. 



SMALL FRUIT HEBELOMA 



Ag. (Hebeloma) parvifructus Pk. N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 3.8, 



p.88 



Pileus convex becoming expanded, slightly viscid, whitish, gray- 

 ish brown or pale chestnut, often paler on the margin; lamellae 

 moderately close, slightly sinuate, white becoming dingy ochraceous, 

 at first hidden by the copious white webby filaments of the veil; 

 stem equal, often flexuous, solid, silky fibrillose, pruinose and sub- 

 striate at the top, whitish above, ferruginous or brownish toward 

 the base; spores subochraceous, 0-7 x 4-5 p. 



Pileus 5-7 cm broad; stem 5-8 cm long, 6-8 mm thick. 



Sandy soil in pine woods. Albany co. October. 



The small spores are suggestive of the specific name. 



Hebeloma fastibile Fr. 



OCHERY HEBELOMA 

 Sylloge 5 792 



Pileus convex or nearly plane, compact, often wavy, obtuse, 

 viscid when young, whitish, yellowish or tan color, flesh white, odor 

 similar to that of radishes, taste bitterish, veil webby, distinct ; 

 lamellae sinuate, adnexed, subdistant, whitish or pallid becoming 

 cinnamon, whitish on the edge ; stem equal, solid, fibrous, firm, some- 

 times slightly bulbous, white; spores ellipsoid, 10-12 x 5-6,"-. 



Pileus 3-7 cm broad; stem 5-7 cm long, 5-10 mm thick. 



Ground in woods. Albany and Ulster counties. October. 



A small white form, perhaps var. alba Sacc, has been found 

 in Albany county. 



