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Entoloma aprile.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Entelome d'avril, Fruher Rotling
Entoloma aprile Mushroom
Ref No: 7700
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Yellow, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Pink
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Entoloma aprile (Britz.) Sacc. syn. Rhodophyllus aprilis (Britz.) Romagn. Fruher Rotling Entelome d'avril Cap 3–6cm across, convex with a distinct umbo, dark brown when moist, drying paler grey-brown. Stem 30–70´5–10mm, whitish to pale grey-brown, striate. Flesh whitish-grey, firm, becoming hollow in stem. Taste and smell mealy. Gills whitish-grey, finally tinged pink. Spore print salmon pink. Spores angularly subglobose, 9–12´7.5–10m. Habitat amongst bushes and deciduous trees. Season spring. Uncommon. Edibility suspect –avoid. Found In Europe.

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