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widgeon0 Wild Member Registered: December 2006 Posts: 162	A fungi sometimes known as veiled poison pie. not a fungi i have come across before in` March` (16th)there seems to be some confusion between authors of fungi guides as to when this fungi fruits. some say it fruits late summer to autumn(jordon)others say early spring (edmund garnweidner/collins) .
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Fungus Ken
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Mon March 17, 2008 8:19am

The species of Hebeloma in the group which includes Hebeloma mesophaeum have a cortinate partial veil rather than a membranous one. This means that you would see spider's web like filaments running from the edge of the cap to the stem.

Here we can clearly see the remains of the partial veil as a distinctive membranous ring, which rules out the genus Hebeloma.

In fact this is one of the species of Conocybe with a ring in the subgenus Pholiotina (which is sometimes given the status of a genus in its own right).

One species that typically fruits in the Spring is Conocybe aporos, but I couldn't be certain without microscopic information.

Ken

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widgeon0

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Mon March 17, 2008 2:30pm

Thanks for I.D info Ken,I thought it might wake up some hibenating mycologist,s .everything seemed to fit for the Hebeloma even the stem flesh was the correct colour and the spore print ect,so it goes to show you can,t safely judge a fungi easily in the field.

regards Ray.

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