Entoloma rhodopolium (Fr.) Kummer syn. Rhodophyllus rhodopolius (Fr.) Quel Niedriger Rotling, Entelome rose-gris, Wood Pinkgill. Cap 3–7cm across, convex with a slight umbo then expanded and often depressed, grey-brown to yellowish buff drying silky greyish. Stem 40–80 x 5–10mm, white to silky greyish. Flesh thin, white. Taste and smell slightly mealy. Gills whitish then flesh-pink. Spore print pink. Spores angularly subglobose, 8–10.5 x 7–8um. Habitat in deciduous woods. Season summer to autumn. Frequent. Poisonous – causes gastric upsets. Distribution, America and Europe. The field photograph was taken by Buck McAdoo, it should be treated as E. rhodopolium ss. lato. |