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Entoloma mushroom

Entoloma sp.

Description:

Fleshy pink gills. Brown cap. About 2-2.5 inches tall.

Habitat:

Forest floor, among or on detritus.

Notes:

The genus contains about 1000 species.

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1 Comment

MichelBeeckman
MichelBeeckman 11 years ago

Pink gills, growing on forest floor, hygrophanous cap. These id-marks tell you the mushroom is an Entoloma. If you have a microscope, you can see the spores have facets.
http://www.entoloma.nl/html/entphylogeny...

mauna Kunzah
Spotted by
mauna Kunzah

New York, USA

Spotted on Oct 17, 2012
Submitted on Oct 19, 2012

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