REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST KjO<) 75 



Hebeloma gregarium Pk. 



GREGARIOUS HEBELOMA 

 N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 49, p. 18 



Pileus thin, hemispheric or convex, obtuse or rarely with a small 

 inconspicuous umbo, slightly viscid when moist, glabrous or slightly 

 silky on the margin, pale ochraceous, sometimes with a reddish or 

 tawny tint in the center, flesh whitish; lamellae thin, close, adnate, 

 whitish becoming subcinnamon ; stem slender, stuffed or hollow, 

 fibrillose, whitish, slightly mealy or pruinose at the top ; spores 

 ellipsoid, io-ii x 5-6 ». 



Pileus 2-3.5 cm broad ; stem 3-5 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 



Sandy soil in heathy places. Albany co. October. Rare. 



The pileus is sometimes split on the margin in such a way as to 

 cause it to appear stellately lobed. A slight radishlike odor is per- 

 ceptible when the pileus is cut or broken. The plants are gregarious. 



Hebeloma sordidulum Pk. 



SLIGHTLY SORDID HEBELOMA 



A g. (Hebeloma) sordidulus Pk. N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 38, p.88 



Pileus thin, firm, viscid when moist, convex, brownish red or 

 tawny brown, paler on the margin, flesh white, with a radishlike 

 odor; lamellae broad, close, rounded behind, slightly adnexed, pal- 

 lid becoming brownish ochraceous; stem short, equal, stuffed or 

 hollow, slightly fibrillose, pruinose at the top, white; spores sub- 

 ellipsoid, 12-15 x 6-7 v.- 



Pileus 2-4 cm broad ; stem about 2.5 cm long, 3-4 mm thick. 



Sandy soil in open bushy places. Albany co. October. Rare. 



Hebeloma discomorbidum Pk. 



DISK DISEASED HEBELOMA 



Ag. (Naucoria) disco morbid us Pk. N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 26, 



P.58 



Pileus thin, broadly convex or nearly plane, glabrous, slightly 

 viscid, reddish brown or chestnut color becoming brown in the 

 center with age or in drying; lamellae close, narrow, white or 

 pallid becoming brownish ferruginous, white and crenulate on the 

 edge; stem equal, stuffed or hollow, slightly mealy at the top, white ; 

 spores ellipsoid, uninucleate, 10 x 6 //. 



Pileus 2-4 cm broad ; stem 4-6 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 



Ground in woods. Lewis and- Columbia counties. Septembei 

 and October. 



