Entoloma sericeum    (Bull.) Quél. 

common name(s) : Silky Pinkgill, Silky Entoloma 

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

synonyms: Rhodophyllus sericeus, Entoloma sericeum-sericeum 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Nolanea sericea)  

edibility : poisonous

potential confusions with Entoloma sericeum toxicity of Entoloma sericeum genus Entoloma  

The cap is grey brown to black or brown red. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is grey-brown to black or red-brown, without ring.

The flesh is brownish, almost concolorous to skin, unchanging; its taste is mealy; the odour is strong, mealy; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are adnate to emarginate, more or less decurrent, not very crowded . The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in parks, lawns, grassland.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 4 cm (between 2 and 8 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 1 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 5 mm (between 1.5 and 10 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : dark grey-brown cap; hygrophanous (darkening), with a striate margin; odour and taste strong, of meal; in the grass of lawns or meadows

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



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