Biology:Entoloma sericellum

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Short description: Species of fungus

Entoloma sericellum
Entoloma sericellum-- Waxy Pinkgill (31845512274).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Entolomataceae
Genus: Entoloma
Species:
E. sericellum
Binomial name
Entoloma sericellum
(Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)
Synonyms
  • Agaricus sericeus ß sericellus Fr. (1818)
  • Alboleptonia sericella (Fr.) Largent & R.G.Benedict (1970)

Entoloma sericellum is a species of mushroom-forming fungus belonging to the family Entolomataceae. It appears in conifer and hardwood forests.[1]

The cap is dry, white, and covered by tiny fribrils.[1] The gills are white and fragile.[1] The stipe is thin, white, and sometimes translucent.[1] The cap and stipe yellow in age, while the gills turn pinkish from the spores as they mature.[1]

The species is inedible.[2]

References

Entoloma sericellum
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Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnate or adnexed
stipe is bare
spore print is pink
edibility: unknown or inedible
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 142. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=WevHvt6Tr8kC. 
  2. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. pp. 210. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1. 

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