Hebeloma farinaceum Murrill 1917

Hebeloma farinaceum Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus large, thick, convex to nearly plane, not umbonate, 8-10 cm. broad; surface glabrous, viscid, cream-colored to light-buff, margin entire, incurved, pallid; context white, with farinaceous odor and taste; lamellae sinuate, rather narrow, plane or arcuate, crowded, yellowish to subfulvous, entire and concolorous on the edges; spores ovoid, finely punctate, melleous under the microscope, fulvous in mass, 10-12 X 7 /x; stipe enlarged below, thick, fleshy, solid, white within and without, smooth, decorated with the remains of the fibrillose, evanescent veil, 6-8 cm. long, 2-3 cm. thick.
Type collected under oaks at Jasper Ridge, near Stanford University , California, January 11, 1912, James McMurphy 126 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). Distribution: Southern California.