Entoloma sinuatum

Entoloma sinuatum
A group of six whitish mushrooms arises from the forest floor among leaf litter. One is upturned so its gills are visible.
E. sinuatum, Piacenza's Appennino, Italy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Entolomataceae
Genus: Entoloma
Species:
E. sinuatum
Binomial name
Entoloma sinuatum
(Pers.) P.Kumm. (1871)
Synonyms[1]
Entoloma sinuatum
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is pink
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is poisonous

Entoloma sinuatum (commonly known as the livid entoloma, livid agaric, livid pinkgill,[2][3][4] leaden entoloma, and lead poisoner) is a poisonous mushroom found across Europe and North America. Some guidebooks refer to it by its older scientific names of Entoloma lividum or Rhodophyllus sinuatus. The largest mushroom of the genus of pink-spored fungi known as Entoloma, it is also the type species. Appearing in late summer and autumn, fruit bodies are found in deciduous woodlands on clay or chalky soils, or nearby parklands, sometimes in the form of fairy rings. Solid in shape, they resemble members of the genus Tricholoma. The ivory to light grey-brown cap is up to 20 cm (7.9 in) across with a margin that is rolled inward. The sinuate gills are pale and often yellowish, becoming pink as the spores develop. The thick whitish stem has no ring.

When young, it may be mistaken for the edible St George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa) or the miller (Clitopilus prunulus). It has been responsible for many cases of mushroom poisoning in Europe. E. sinuatum causes primarily gastrointestinal problems that, though not generally life-threatening, have been described as highly unpleasant. Delirium and depression are uncommon sequelae. It is generally not considered to be lethal, although one source has reported deaths from the consumption of this mushroom.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference urlFungorum synonymy: Entoloma sinuatum was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Entoloma sinuatum · livid pinkgill". The British Mycological Society. Archived from the original on 2022-02-05. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  3. ^ "Entoloma sinuatum · livid pinkgill". NBN Atlas. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  4. ^ "Entoloma sinuatum (Pers.) P. Kumm. - Livid Pinkgill". First Nature. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  5. ^ Joseph F. Ammirati (1985). Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northern United States and Canada. Minnesota Press. p. 81. ISBN 9780816614073.