Hebeloma alabamense Murrill 1917

Hebeloma alabamense Murrill, sp. nov
Pileus thin, rather fragile, expanded, solitary, 3 cm. broad; surface subviscid, glabrous, bright-yellowish-brown, darker and reddish-brown on the disk, margin thin, not striate, crenulate or wavy; lamellae sinuate-adnate, broad behind, subdistant, thin, ferruginous-cinnamon; spores broadly ellipsoid, 7-8 X 5-6 M ; stipe cylindric, slightly silky-fibrillose, whitish, hollow, fragile, 5-6 cm. long, 4-5 mm. thick.
/t_ ?yS e collected on the ground in rich woods at Auburn, Alabama, October 12, 1900, F. S. Earle (nero. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.