14/Sep/2026, 1:08 PM
Männiku, Tallinn, Harju, Eesti
Pine forest, within pine needle litter, in tall grass, on mossy sandy soil
59°21'31.1"N 24°42'44.8"E
🌡️ 15°C ☀️ Sunny 💨 Wind 10° N->S, 9 km/h
Original Instagram postHebeloma mesophaeum
Veiled Poisonpie
- Scientific identification
- Hebeloma mesophaeum (Pers.) Quél.
- Family
- Hymenogastraceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Hebeloma
Names across languages
- English: Veiled Poisonpie
- German: Dunkelscheibiger Fälbling
- Finnish: Tummalakitympönen
- Estonian: Kiudhebel
- Russian: Гебелома опоясанная
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2026-09-14.
Hymenium
Gills close to crowded; cream to pale clay-brown when young, becoming brown; edges often paler
Cap
Convex to broadly convex or nearly flat; smooth, distinctly sticky when moist; pinkish-brown centrally, contrasting with a pale buff to nearly whitish margin; young margin often with whitish veil remnants
Hymenium Attachment
Adnate to notched, sometimes with a slight decurrent tooth
Stipe
Slender, cylindrical, whitish to pale buff, gradually browning from base; silky-fibrillose; partial veil ephemeral to persistent, leaving fibrils
Spore print
Spore print brown to pinkish-brown
Ecology
Mycorrhizal, especially with pine; scattered to gregariously; forests, woodland edges, sandy and often acidic soils; late summer to autumn
Edibility
Might be poisonous and result in severe gastrointestinal upset; in Mexico this species is eaten and widely marketed
Fruit body
Fruit body small to medium; stipe ~2–9 cm long and up to ~1 cm thick
Dimensions
Cap ∅ ~2–7 cm
Flesh
Whitish, moderately firm, unchanging when cut
Chemical reactions
KOH negative on cap surface
Odour
Faint radish-like
Taste
Radish-like to bitter
Microscopy
Spores ellipsoid, very finely verrucose to nearly smooth, ~8.5–11 × 5–7 µm, non-dextrinoid; basidia 4-spored; cheilocystidia abundant; pileipellis an ixocutis
Overview
Two-toned sticky poisonpie with veil remnants and radish-like odour
1872). Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard, Sér. 2 5: 128.
Field encounters
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