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Hebeloma
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Hebeloma

Hebeloma is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenogastraceae. Found worldwide, it contains the poison pie or fairy cakes (Hebeloma crustuliniforme) and the ghoul fungus (H. aminophilum), from Western Australia, which grows on rotting animal remains.

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3 branches of this group, most-observed first

Hebeloma mesophaeum

complexHebeloma mesophaeum

Hebeloma sordescens

complexHebeloma sordescens

Hebeloma uzunii

speciesHebeloma uzunii

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Hebeloma in Iconography of the Mushrooms of Paulet

Iconography of the Mushrooms of Paulet

J.H. Léveillé; plates by Paulet · 1855 · p.322

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1428700.