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Hebeloma mesophaeum

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Hebeloma mesophaeum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Hebeloma
Species:
H. mesophaeum
Binomial name
Hebeloma mesophaeum

Hebeloma mesophaeum, commonly known as the veiled hebeloma[1] is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. Like all species of its genus, it might be poisonous and result in severe gastrointestinal upset;[2] nevertheless, in Mexico this species is eaten and widely marketed.[3]

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Hebeloma mesophaeum
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or umbonate
Hymenium is adnate or sinuate
Stipe is bare or has a cortina
Spore print is brown
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is edible or poisonous
  1. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  2. ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
  3. ^ "Edible species of the fungal genus Hebeloma and two neotropical pines".