Hebeloma cremeum Murrill 1917

Hebeloma cremeum Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus convex to expanded, slightly gibbous, solitary, 5—7 cm. broad ; surface viscid when young but soon becoming dry, perfectly smooth and glabrous, resembling dressed kid, uniformly cream-colored, margin entire, concolorous; context purewhite, without characteristic taste or odor; lamellae broadly sinuate, crowded, ventricose, pale-chocolate-brown at maturity, entire and concolorous on the edges; spores ellipsoid, smooth, brown in mass, rather dark for the genus, pale-ferruginous under the microscope, 12-13 X 6-7 ^; stipe subequal, fleshy, longitudinally striate, glabrous, dull-cream-colored, white at the apex, 8-9 cm. long, 7-12 mm. thick; veil membranous, slight, remaining attached in fragments to the margin.
Type collected in old pastures near Palo Alto, California, March 11, 1902, C. F. Baker 379 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution: Southern California.