Published: N. Amer. Fl. 10 (3): 224 (1917)
Taxonomic status: Heterotypic synonym of H. mesophaeum
Notes: Recombined by Smith et al. (1983) to Hebeloma mesophaeum var. lateritium (Murrill) A.H. Sm., V.S. Evenson & Mitchel (1983).
Is basionym of: Hebeloma mesophaeum var. lateritium (Murrill) A.H. Sm., V.S. Evenson & Mitchel (1983)
Types: UNITED STATES: Washington: near Seattle (approx. 47.5359°N, 122.1204°W, alt. approx. 300 m a.s.l.) on sandy soil in woodland edge under Abies sp., Alnus sp., Pseudotsuga sp. and Tsuga sp., 20 Oct. 1911, W.A. Murrill (295) (Holotype. herbarium acc. no. NY 814869, HJB1000284; Isotype. herbarium acc. no. WTU-F-043853, HJB1000559).
Diagnosis: Pileus convex, becoming nearly plane with age, umbonate, gregarious, 5 cm. broad; surface distinctly viscid, smooth, glabrous, latericious, margin entire, not striate, avellaneous to cream-colored as the moisture escapes; lamellae sinuate, rather crowded, ventricose, pallid to clay-colored, conspicuously whitish-pubescent on the edges; spores ellipsoid, smooth, pale-yellowish under the microscope, 7-8 X 5 μ; stipe enlarged below, white, conspicuously fibrillose, fleshy, 6 cm. long, 7-10 mm. thick.
Commentary: The ventricose to lageniform cheilocystidia together with the ellipsoid spores indicate that this belongs to Hebeloma sect. Hebeloma. The small spores place this in a group that contains Hebeloma alpinicola, H. excedens, H. mesophaeum and H. pascuense; the description of the bicolored pileus with the dark brick centre and the avellaneous to cream-colored margin make H. mesophaeum the most likely. An ITS sequence supports this determination. Hence, H. lateritium should be synonymized with H. mesophaeum. To summarize, based on both morphological and molecular anlaysis this is: = Hebeloma mesophaeum (Pers.) Quél.
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