Entoloma bloxamii
Entoloma bloxamii | |
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Entoloma bloxamii illustrated by Giacomo Bresadola | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Entolomataceae |
Genus: | Entoloma |
Species: | E. bloxamii
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Binomial name | |
Entoloma bloxamii | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Entoloma bloxamii, commonly known as the midnight blue entoloma,
Taxonomy
The species was originally described from England in 1854 and named Agaricus Bloxami (sic) by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Christopher Edmund Broome, in honour of its collector, the naturalist and clergyman Andrew Bloxam. It was transferred to the genus Entoloma by the Italian mycologist Pier Andrea Saccardo in 1887.[citation needed]
Recent
Description
Similar species
Entoloma madidum is a deeper, slightly violet blue and retains some of its colour when old. Microscopically it has smaller spores (6 to 7.5 μm).[6] Entoloma atromadidum is similar but a darker, indigo blue and E. ochreoprunuloides f. hyacinthinum is dark brown with violaceous tints.[7]
Distribution and habitat
The Big Blue Pinkgill is rare but widespread in Europe.[1] Like many other European pinkgills, it occurs in old, agriculturally unimproved, short-sward grassland (pastures and lawns). It is usually associated with calcareous soils although it may also be found in more acidic areas.[8]
Conservation
Entoloma bloxamii is typical of waxcap grasslands, a declining habitat due to changing agricultural practices. As a result, the species is of global conservation concern and is listed as "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]
See also
Entoloma bloxamii | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is convex | |
Hymenium is adnexed | |
Stipe is bare | |
Spore print is pink | |
Edibility is not recommended |
References
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- ^ "Entoloma bloxamii". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- JSTOR 3759750.
- ^ Holden L. (July 2014). "English names for fungi 2014". British Mycological Society. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ a b Schwartz C (2015). "Entoloma medianox, a new name for a common species on the Pacific coast of North America" (PDF).
- ^ PMID 24761041.
- ^ .
- ^ Courtecuisse, R. & Duhem, B. (1995) Mushrooms and toadstools of Britain and Europe. Harper Collins, London.