REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I909 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, lo^ii x 5-6 a- 



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) s o r d i d u 1 u s 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 ^7 p.- 



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 



A g". (N a u c o r i a) d i s c o m o r b i d u s 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 /x. 



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



Ground in woods. Lewis and Columbia counties. Septembei 

 and October. 



