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142 AGARICACEÆ Hebeloma
646. I. Trieholoma Sacc. (from its resemblance to species of
Tricholoma) abc.
P. convexo-plane, subdepressed, ivory-whitish, shaded pale buff ;
marg. fringed with V. St. stuffed, fibroso-scaly above, colour
as P., or faintly shaded salmon. G. adnato-decurrent, crowded,
pale clay-fuscous or faintly olive-shaded.
Woods, mixed. Nov. i j X X A in.
XXVI. HEBELOMA Quél.
(From the fringe-like veil, seen in certain young examples ; Gr. hebe,
youth, loma, a fringe.)
Veil partial—in 648, 654a and 655 forming an imperfect annulus
—or universal, indicated by gluten, squamules, fibrilte or silkiness.
Hymenophore confluent and homogeneous with the fleshy stem.
Pileus fleshy, cuticle continuous, smooth, damp, subviscid or
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glutinous, margin at first incurved, sometimes silky from veil. Stem
central, simple, fibrous-coated, submealy at the apex, simple or
rarely imperfectly annulate. Gills sinuato-adnate or adnexed, at
first pallid-whitish or clay-colour, then darker. Spores dull tan or
somewhat clay-colour or brown. (Fig. 35.)
All the species, except 649, grow on the ground; they are
gregarious and strongly scented ; some are poisonous, none are edible ;
they appear early in autumn and last till late in the season.
Hebeloma corresponds with the non-fibrillose species of Tricholoma,
Entoloma and Hypholoma. Species 647—669
a. Indusiatoe. Pileus furnished with a cortina from the veil, by
which the margin is often superficially silky. Stem usually
white-pruinate or white-mealy above or minutely white-
scaly. 647—657
b. Denudatoe. Piletts smooth ; cortina obsolete. 658—667
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c. Ptisilla. Pileus scarcely an inch broad; stature that of
Naucoria, but without the cartilaginous bark. 668, 669
a. IndiLsiatce.
647. H. mussivum Sacc. (from its uncertain position amongst the
IndusiatcR ; mussivus, undecided) a.
P. plane, obtuse or subumbonate, pale primrose-yellowish ; mid.
sienna. St. stuffed or hollow above, fibrillose, light yellow.
G. emarginate or somewhat rounded adnate, light yellow then
subferruginous. Flesh becoming yellow.
Odour faint, not unpleasant. Woods, pine. Oct. 4Î X 5j X I in.
647a. H. sinuosum Quél, (from the frequently irregular pileus) a b.
P. fleshy, convex, expanded, obtuse, even, almost glabrous,
viscid, then dry, yellowish-red to pale buff, sometimes whitish ;
marg. wavy. St. stuffed to hollow, equal, fibrilloso-striate, at
first flocculoso-squamulose above, soft, biscuit. G. slightly
adnexed, broadly emarginate to emarginato-free, dry, crowded,
dull white to brownish-salmon and ferruginous. Flesh white.
Odour faint, pleasant. Woods. Aug. 3f X 5 X J in.
648. H. fastibile Quél, (from its disagreeable odour) abc.
P. convexo-plane, viscid in wet weather, pale yellowish-tan;
mid. darker, sometimes sienna. St. solid, fibrillose, scaly or
white silky, sometimes with an imperfect silky-floccose A. G.
emarginate, subdistant, dull whitish-clay-colour or tan-brownish.
Subcæspitose, often in large dense rings. Poisonous. Taste like radishes,
but disagreeable and bitter ; odour disagreeable, fetid. Woods, mixed
pastures, near trees and bushes, sometimes on mushroom-beds ; common.
July-Oct. 4 X 2f X Î in. Often mistaken for the mushroom and sold
in markets with mushrooms. Often slug-eaten. Var. elegans Mass., P.
purple-brown.
649. H. glutinosum Sacc. (from the glutinous pileus) abc.
P. plane, obtuse, yellow-white or pale buff with mid. rich sienna-
buff, white-squamulose. St. stuffed, attenuate upwards, white,
dull faint ochreous below, clad with fugitive white sc. G.
sinuato-adnate, light yellowish then clay-cinnamon. Flesh pale
reddish in stem.
Taste and odour mild, not unpleasant of radish. Woods, amongst leaves and
branches, oak, beech ; frequent. Sept.-Dee. 3Ì X 3l X J in. Sometimes
one-third the size of type. Compare 678.
650. H. testaeeum Quél, (from the colour of the pileus ; testa, a
brick) a b c.
P. convex, obtuse or subumbonate, crimson-sienna through red
and yellowish to tan. St. hollow above, fibrillose, colour as P.
or paler. G. attenuato-sinuate or almost free, clay-colour then
subferruginous or crimson-sienna.
Taste disagreeable, sickly-nauseous ; odour faint of radish or none. Woods,
fir, pastures ; frequent. Sept.-Nov. 2 | X 3 i X A
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