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

synonyms: Braungruner Zartling, Leptonia incana
Entoloma incanum LEPTONIA INCANA Mushroom
Ref No: 7706
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Entoloma incanum2 LEPTONIA INCANA Mushroom
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Green, Brown
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged, Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Pink
habitat: Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Entoloma incanum (Fr.) Hesl. syn. Leptonia incana (Fr.) Gillet syn. Rhodophyllus incanus (Fr.) Kühn. & Romagn. Braungruner Zartling. Cap 1–3cm across, convex, often becoming centrally depressed, expanding to almost flat, yellow-brown to olive-brown, darker brown at the centre, striate at the margin. Stem 20–40 x 1–3mm, yellowish green, bruising blue-green, base covered in white down. Flesh thin, greenish. Strong smell of mice. Gills greenish-white at first becoming pale flesh-colour. Spore print pink. Spores angularly oblong, 11–14 x 8–9um. Habitat grassland and heaths, especially on chalk. Season late summer to late autumn. Uncommon. Poisonous. Found In Europe.

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