Entoloma ferruginans

Bleachy Entoloma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Entolomataceae
Genus: Entoloma
Species:
E. ferruginans
Binomial name
Entoloma ferruginans
Peck, 1895
Entoloma ferruginans
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is free or emarginate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is pink to salmon
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is not recommended

Entoloma ferruginans is an endemic mushroom of California in North America. It smells distinctly like a chlorinated pool at the YMCA, thus the common name bleachy entoloma.[1] E. ferruginans lives in mycorrhizal association with live oaks south of the San Francisco Bay.[1] This mushroom was first described by Charles Horton Peck in 1895 from a type specimen collected under oak trees in Pasadena.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Siegel & Schwarz (2016), p. 206.
  2. ^ Largent (1971), p. 240.

Sources

  • Largent, David L. (July 1971). "Rhodophylloid Fungi of the Pacific Coast (United States) I: Type Studies and New Combinations of Species Described Prior to 1968". Brittonia. 23 (3): 238. doi:10.2307/2805626.
  • Siegel, Noah; Schwarz, Christian (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. ISBN 9781607748182. LCCN 2015027853. OCLC 956478776.
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