{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Hebeloma crustuliniforme, Oneida Co..jpg | image_caption = ''H. crustuliniforme'' | taxon = Hebeloma | authority = (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871) | type_species = ''Hebeloma fastibile'' | type_species_authority = (Pers.) P.Kumm. (1871) }}
'''''Hebeloma''''' is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenogastraceae.<ref name="Matheny 2006"/> 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.
==Taxonomy==
The placement of the genus ''Hebeloma'' within the fungal taxonomic tree has varied over time. Historically it has been most often placed in the order Agaricales but was placed Cortinariales in the 8th edition of the ''Dictionary of the Fungi''. The most recent inter-generic placement (Knudsen & Vesterholt, 2nd ed, 2012)) places it the family Hymenogastraceae within Agaricales.<ref>[https://hebeloma.org/historical-background Hebeloma.org historical background]</ref>
=== Etymology === The generic name is a compound Ancient Greek word ''hēbē'' (ἥβη), "youth" or "puberty" and the suffix -''loma'' (λόμα), a fringe (pertaining to the fungal veil). Thus, ''Hebeloma'' translates as "fringe of youth", in reference to how the fungal veil is only seen in immature specimens.<ref>[http://www.herefordfungi.org/index_htm_files/Autumn%202006.pdf Herefordshire Fungus Survey Group, News Sheet No 12: Autumn 2006]</ref>
==See also== * List of ''Hebeloma'' species
== References == {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Matheny 2006">{{cite journal |vauthors=Matheny PB, Curtis JM, Hofstetter V, Aime MC, Moncalvo JM, Ge ZW, Slot JC, Ammirati JF, Baroni TJ, Bougher NL, Hughes KW, Lodge DJ, Kerrigan RW, Seidl MT, Aanen DK, DeNitis M, Daniele GM, Desjardin DE, Kropp BR, Norvell LL, Parker A, Vellinga EC, Vilgalys R, Hibbett DS |title=Major clades of Agaricales: a multilocus phylogenetic overview |journal=Mycologia |volume=98 |issue=6 |pages=982–95 |year=2006 |pmid=17486974 |format=PDF |doi=10.3852/mycologia.98.6.982 |url=http://www.mycologia.org/cgi/reprint/98/6/982?maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&author1=Matheny&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&volume=98&fdate=//&resourcetype=HWCIT|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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==External links== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book |author-link=Alexander H. Smith |first=Alexander H. |last=Smith |first2=Vera Stucky |last2=Evenson |first3=Duane H. |last3=Mitchel |title=The veiled species of ''Hebeloma'' in the western United States |publisher=University of Michigan Press |oclc=9556471 |year=1983 |isbn=047210036X |url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/AAW6632.0001.001}} {{refend}}
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Category:Hebeloma Category:Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries Category:Agaricales genera
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