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

synonyms: Bleicher Zartling
Entoloma sericellum LEPTONIA SERICELLA Mushroom
Ref No: 7715
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Entoloma sericellum2 LEPTONIA SERICELLA Mushroom
Ref No: 7716
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
spore colour: Pink
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Entoloma sericellum (Bull:Fr.) Kummer syn. Leptonia sericella (Fr. ex Fr.) Barb. syn. Entoloma sericellum (Fr. ex Fr.) Kummer syn. Rhodophyllus sericellus (Fr. ex Fr.) Quél Bleicher Zartling. Cap 1–2cm across, conico-convex expanding to almost flat, sometimes depressed at the centre, pale ochre-buff drying whitish. Stem 15–25 x 2–4mm, concolorous with cap. Flesh thin, concolorous. Smell mushroomy. Gills white at first then pale pink. Spore print pink. Spores angularly oblong, 9–13 x 6–8.5um. Habitat pastureland, open woodland and marshes. Season summer to autumn. Occasional. Not edible -suspect. Found In Europe.

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