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Entolomataceae



Entolomataceae

E. sinuatum
Piacenza's Appennino, Italy
Conservation status
Secure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Homobasidiomycetes
Subclass: Hymenomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Entolomataceae
Genera

Clitopilus
Entoloma
Nolanea
Leptonia
Rhodocybe
Rhodocybella
Cloudopus
Pouzarella
Rhodogaster
Rhodophana
Richoniella

The Entolomataceae, also known as Rhodophyllacae are a large family of pink spored terrestrial gilled mushrooms which includes the genuses Entoloma, Leptonia, Nolanea, and Clitopilus. Mushrooms in the Entolomataceae typically grow in woodlands or grassy areas and have attached gills, differentiating them from the Pluteaceae which have free gills.

Members of the Entolomataceae are unusual in that they have spores which are angular and colored dull red, pinkish, salmon, or buff.

One notable member is the edible Miller mushroom (Clitopilus prunulus). Many members of the Entolomataceae are poisonous and most are very obscure and difficult to properly identify.

 
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