Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Hebeloma excedens (Peck) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 806. 1887
Agaricus excedens Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 24: 68. 1872.
Pileus thin, convex, obtuse or broadly umbonate, 1-2.5 cm. broad; surface glabrous, pale-alutaceous, margin projecting; context having the odor and taste of radishes; lamellae crowded, deeply sinuate, adnexed, moderately broad, minutely eroded on the edges, pallid, becoming brownish-ferruginous; spores subellipsoid, 10-12 X 6-7 ^; stipe equal, solid, silkyfibrillose, concolorous, 3-5 cm. long, 2-A mm. thick.
Type) locality: Saratoga, New York. Habitat: On sandy soil under or near pine trees. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
