Entoloma serrulatum    (Fr.) Hesler 

common name(s) : Blue Edge Pinkgill 

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

synonyms: Leptonia serrulata, Rhodophyllus serrulatus, Rhodophyllus atrides 

edibility : poisonous

photo gallery of Entoloma serrulatum
photo gallery of Entoloma serrulatum potential confusions with Entoloma serrulatum toxicity of Entoloma serrulatum genus Entoloma  

The cap is very dark blue to blackish, convex then expanded, finally depressed; its margin is striate when moist or old.

The stem is same colour as cap, fibrillose, with black spots at the top and a white down at the base, without ring.

The flesh is blue to blue-grey; its taste is mild; the odour is weak, fruity, pleasant; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are blue to blue grey, then pink, with toothed blackish edge, adnate, emarginate to decurrent, rather distant (nb of gills per 90° ~ 10 ). The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in the grass of natural grassland, pastures, clearings or meadows, on a rather variable soil.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2.5 cm (between 1 and 4 cm)
  height of stem approximately 4 cm (between 1.5 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 1 and 5 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : dark blue cap and stem; blue gills, with a black toothed edge; in grassy areas, meadows, lawns

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



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