Entoloma pleopodium    (Bull.:Fr.) Noordel. 

common name(s) : Aromatic Pinkgill 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Entolomataceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Pluteales/Entolomataceae  

synonyms: Entoloma icterinum, Nolanea pleopodia 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Nolanea icterina, Rhodophyllus icterinus, Rhodophyllus pleopodius, Nolanea pleopodium)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Entoloma pleopodium toxicity of Entoloma pleopodium genus Entoloma  

The cap is lemon yellow to olive green. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is lemon yellow to greenish, without ring.

The flesh is unchanging; its taste is faint, of meal; the odour is pleasant, of fruit or acid drops; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are adnate, rather distant . The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, on a rather rich in nitrogenous compounds soil.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 1 and 4 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 1.5 and 4 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : olive-lemon yellow cap; odour of fruit (acid drops); white stem base

Entoloma pleopodium is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Entoloma pleopodium in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Entoloma pleopodium in the forest of Rambouillet



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