The stem is stuffed, firm, somewhat bulbous, covered with white scales, and mealy at the top. There is a partial veil in the form of a cortina.
Found among leaves in the woods. In wet weather the gluten is abundant. While it is not poisonous it is not good.
Hebeloma fastibile. Fr.
Ochrey Hebeloma. Poisonous.
Fastibilis means nauseous, disagreeable; so called from its pungent taste and smell.
The pileus is one to three inches across, convex, plane, wavy, viscid, smooth, pale yellowish-tan, margin involute and downy.
The gills are notched, rather distant, pallid, then cinnamon; lachrymose.
The stem is two to four inches long, solid, subbulbous, white, fibrous scaly, sometimes twisted, often becoming hollow, veil evident. The spores are pip-shaped, 10×6µ.
The odor is much the same as in H. crustuliniforme but it differs in having a manifest veil and more distant gills. Found in woods from July to October.