Entoloma prunuloides
Mealy Pinkgill | |
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Entoloma prunuloides, Portugal | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Entolomataceae |
Genus: | Entoloma |
Species: | E. prunuloides
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Binomial name | |
Entoloma prunuloides | |
Synonyms | |
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Entoloma prunuloides is a
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was first
mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1821 as Agaricus prunuloides. French mycologist Lucien Quélet transferred it to the genus Entoloma
in 1872.
Description
inamyloid, measuring about 6.5 to 8 by 6.5 to 8 μm. The whole fungus has a distinctive, mealy smell.[3]
Similar species
Entoloma ochreoprunuloides has the same mealy smell but differs in its darker, grey-brown cap.[4]
Distribution and habitat
The Mealy 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).
Conservation
Entoloma prunuloides 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]
References
- ^ a b c d e Mešić, A. "Entoloma prunuloides. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species".
- ^ Holden L. (July 2014). "English names for fungi 2014". British Mycological Society. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ^ Noordeloos, M.E. (1992). Fungi Europaei 5: Entoloma. Italy: Libreria editrice Giovanna Biella.
- PMID 24761041.