common name(s) : Pine Pinkgill
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Entolomataceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Pluteales/Entolomataceae
(unconfirmed synonyms: Rhodophyllus nitidus)
edibility : inedible
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The cap is dark grey blue, with a central umbo.
The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.
The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is mushroomy;
its texture is fibrous.
The gills are adnate, distant .
The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic.
It grows on the ground, on a rather non calcareous soil, with spruce.
The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: | width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 1 and 6 cm) |
| height of stem approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 9 cm) |
| thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 5 mm (between 2 and 11 mm) |
Distinctive features : dark grey-blue colour; white gills, more often with conifers
Entoloma nitidum is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Entoloma nitidum in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18