Hebeloma luteum Murrill 1917

Hebeloma luteum Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus large, thick, fleshy, convex to plane, solitary, 5-10 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, viscid, luteous, margin ochraceous, entire, not striate; lamellae sinuate, ventricose, crowded, melleous to ferruginous; spores ellipsoid, smooth, subfulvous in mass, melleous under the microscope, 7-8.5 X 4-5 m stipe equal or tapering upward, smooth, dry, glabrous, pearlywhite, 5-7 cm. long, 7-15 mm. thick; veil fibrillose, slight, evanescent.
Type collected on the ground in woods at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, September 3, 4, 1911,
W. A. Murrill fr W. Oilman Thompson (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution: Massachusetts.