Hebeloma mesophaeum

Hebeloma mesophaeum is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. Like all species of its genus, it might be poisonous and result in severe gastrointestinal upset;[1] nevertheless, in Mexico this species is eaten and widely marketed.[2]

Hebeloma mesophaeum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Hebeloma
Species:
H. mesophaeum
Binomial name
Hebeloma mesophaeum

References

  1. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
  2. "Edible species of the fungal genus Hebeloma and two neotropical pines".


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