Entoloma ferruginans
| Bleachy Entoloma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Entolomataceae |
| Genus: | Entoloma |
| Species: | E. ferruginans
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| Binomial name | |
| Entoloma ferruginans Peck, 1895
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Entoloma ferruginans | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is free or emarginate |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is pink to salmon |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is not recommended |
Entoloma ferruginans is a species of mushroom first described by Charles Horton Peck in 1895 from a type specimen collected under oak trees in Pasadena, California.[1]
The grayish cap is up to 12 centimetres (4+3⁄4 in) wide. The stem is 15 cm long and up to 4 cm (1+1⁄2 in) thick. The spore print is pinkish.[2] Its scent resembles a chlorinated swimming pool, hence the common name bleachy entoloma.[3] It resembles some species in its genus, with DNA testing needed to distinguish it from E. cinereolamellatum.[2]
It lives in mycorrhizal association with live oaks south of the San Francisco Bay,[3] being found from December to February.[2]
References
- ^ Largent (1971), p. 240.
- ^ a b c Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 509. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ^ a b Siegel, Noah; Schwarz, Christian (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. p. 206. ISBN 9781607748182. LCCN 2015027853. OCLC 956478776.
Sources
- Largent, David L. (July 1971). "Rhodophylloid Fungi of the Pacific Coast (United States) I: Type Studies and New Combinations of Species Described Prior to 1968". Brittonia. 23 (3): 238–245. Bibcode:1971Britt..23..238L. doi:10.2307/2805626. JSTOR 2805626.
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