Dune Poisonpie

Hebeloma dunense – Inedible

Dunes, sand. Spring, summer, rarely autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 1-3 (4) cm across, convex, later flattened, yellowish-brown, the margin paler, bent downwards. Gills brownish, later brown, adnexed. Stem 2-3x0.3-0.6 cm, of even thickness, the lower part deep in the sand, whitish near the gills, brownish, brown and greyish-fibrous below. Flesh thin, whitish, without any particular smell or taste. Characteristic features: grows only on dunes and mostly only in spring. Appears singly or several fruiting bodies together. Inedible. Rare. In Lithuania 31 species of Hebeloma have been recorded so far; there are no edible or poisonous ones, almost all are mycorrhizal, useful in the life of the forest and park.