Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Hebeloma vatricosum (Fries) Murrill
Agaricus vatricosus Fries, Obs. Myc. 2: 46. 1818. Inocybe vatricosa Quel. Eneh. Fung. 98. 1886.
Pileus subfleshy, convex to plane, subumbonate, gregarious or subcespitose, 3 cm. broad;
surface glabrous, viscid, whitish or argillaceouswhite, margin silky; context thin, watery,
without odor; lamellae emarginate, ventricose, white to brownish; spores ellipsoid, smooth,
8-9 X 5 y. (Kauffman), 5-6X3-3.5/* (Massee); stipe contorted, curved, subconcolorous,
hollow, pulverulent, white-squamulose at the apex, 3 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick.
Type locality: Sweden.
Habitat: On the ground in woods.
Distribution: Eastern United States; also in Kurope.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
