Entoloma

Entoloma
Entoloma sinuatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Entolomataceae
Genus: Entoloma
(Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)
Type species
Entoloma sinuatum
(Bull.) P.Kumm. (1871)
Species

1948 species[1]

Synonyms
List
  • Agaricus trib. Entoloma Fr. (1838)
  • Alboleptonia Largent & R.G.Benedict (1970)
  • Arenicola Velen. (1947)
  • Calliderma (Romagn.) Largent (1994)
  • Claudopus Gillet (1876)
  • Clitopiloides (Romagn.) Largent (1994)
  • Eccilia (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)
  • Fibropilus (Noordel.) Largent (1994)
  • Inocephalus (Noordel.) P.D.Orton (1991)
  • Leptonia (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)
  • Leptoniella Earle (1909)
  • Nigropogon Coker & Couch (1928)
  • Nolanea (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)
  • Omphaliopsis (Noordel.) P.D.Orton (1991)
  • Paraeccilia Largent (1994)
  • Paraleptonia (Romagn. ex Noordel.) P.D.Orton (1991)
  • Pouzarella Mazzer (1976)
  • Richoniella Costantin & L.M.Dufour (1900)
  • Rhodocybella T.J.Baroni & R.H.Petersen (1987)
  • Rhodogaster E.Horak (1964)
  • Rhodophyllus Quél. (1886) (nom. illegit.)
  • Trichopilus (Romagn.) P.D.Orton (1991)

Entoloma is a genus of fungi in the order Agaricales. Called pinkgills in English, basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are typically agaricoid (gilled mushrooms), though a minority are gasteroid. All have salmon-pink basidiospores which colour the gills at maturity and are angular (polyhedral) under a microscope. The genus is large, with almost 2000 species worldwide. Most species are saprotrophic, but some are ectomycorrhizal, and a few are parasitic on other fungi. The type, Entoloma sinuatum, is one of several Entoloma species that are poisonous, typically causing mild to severe gastrointestinal illness.

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