Hebeloma mesophaeum, commonly known as the veiled hebeloma[1] 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;[2] nevertheless, in Mexico this species is eaten and widely marketed.[3]
| Hebeloma mesophaeum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
| Genus: | Hebeloma |
| Species: | H. mesophaeum
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| Binomial name | |
| Hebeloma mesophaeum | |
References
editHebeloma mesophaeum | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex or umbonate |
 | Hymenium is adnate or sinuate |
 | Stipe is bare or has a cortina |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is edible or poisonous |
- ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Edible species of the fungal genus Hebeloma and two neotropical pines".
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