Biology:Hebeloma mesophaeum

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Short description: Species of fungus

Hebeloma mesophaeum
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Hebeloma
Species:
H. mesophaeum
Binomial name
Hebeloma mesophaeum
(Pers.) Quél.

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]

References

Hebeloma mesophaeum
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Mycological characteristics
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: 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". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282754331_Edible_species_of_the_fungal_genus_hebeloma_and_two_neotropical_pines. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1616471 entry