Hebeloma mesophaeum, commonly known as the veiled hebeloma is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. The cap is up to 6.5 centimetres (2+1⁄2 in) wide, convex to umbonate, usually with a brownish center and paler margin, which may have veil remnants. The gills are close and pale then brown, the color of the spore print. The stalk is up to 8 cm long. The flesh is buff and watery, with a radishlike odor and taste.
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Is it poisonous?
Considered toxic. Public sources list it as such; we have not verified this individually. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hebeloma excedens
- Hebeloma sacchariolens
- Hebeloma velatum
- Hebeloma hiemale
- Hebeloma leucosarx
- Meottomyces dissimulans
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Hymenogastraceae
- Genus
- Hebeloma
- Species
- Hebeloma mesophaeum
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