Biology:Entoloma necopinatum

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Short description: Species of fungus

Entoloma necopinatum
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Entoloma necopinatum, Chile
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Entolomataceae
Genus: Entoloma
Species:
E. necopinatum
Binomial name
Entoloma necopinatum
E. Horak (1978)

Entoloma necopinatum is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Entolomataceae. The species is currently only known from Chile, occurring in Nothofagus (southern beech) forests. Threats to its habitat have resulted in Entoloma necopinatum being assessed as globally "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]

Description

Basidiocarps are agaricoid, up to 60 mm (2.4 in) tall, the cap umbilicate, up to 40 mm (1.5 in) across. The cap surface is smooth, dry, and deep green. The lamellae (gills) are greenish becoming greenish pink from the spores. The stipe (stem) is smooth and cap-coloured, lacking a ring. The spore print is pink, the spores (under a microscope) multi-angled, inamyloid, measuring about 8.5 to 10 by 6 to 7 μm.[2]

Conservation

Because of its rarity and threats to its habitat, the species is of global conservation concern and is listed as "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q107658493 entry