Hebeloma sterlingii (Pk.) Murr. Cap 1.5-2.5cm across, convex becoming flatter, margin incurved and with a few hanging veil fragments at first; gray or clay-colored with a brown disc; smooth and slightly sticky in the middle when moist. Gills adnexed, crowded, thin; pale to cinnamon. Stem 25-35 x 2-4mm, solid, sometimes slightly enlarged at the base; whitish vertically streaked with brown and browner downward, brick red inside; woolly-hairy. Veil hairy or weblike partial veil leaves an evanescent ring. Flesh reddish in stem. Odor mealy. Taste mealy. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, 10.5-11.5 x 6-7µ. Deposit rusty clay. Habitat singly or in groups under spruce trees. Found in New Jersey and Washington. Season September-October. Not edible- suspect.