USA, Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, N of 1412 Entaw Place
from spawn sent by Prof. Burt; grew from spot where spawn was planted, in grounds; See my note on this species in Mycologia, 1927. - L. C. C. Krieger. [The reference is to Krieger, Louis CC. "New or otherwise interesting Agaricaceae from the United States and Canada." Mycologia (1927): 308-314. which reads "Grown on a lawn from spawn kindly supplied by Prof. Burt. Several plants came up on the very spot where the spawn had been planted (No. 922). The caps were very finely lacunose under a hand-lens, isabelline colored, darker on the margin (hygrophanous?). Stem striate above. Mycelium and adhereing earth forming a ball at the base of the stem. Odor exactly like that of Naucoria semiorbicularis (Bull.) Fries. i.e., powerfully farniaceous or cucumber-like. The plants suggest strong kinship, if not identity, with Naucoria sororia Peck, a robust 'sister' of N. semiorbicularis."]
[Watercolor painting by L. C. C. Krieger of this specimen is available. High-resolution scan of the watercolor is available online at the U-M digital library, "University of Michigan Herbarium, Krieger's Watercolors of Fungi" (http://quod.lib.umich.edu/f/fuwatic?page=index) listed under "Hebeloma hortense"];spore print with collection