Entoloma eugenei
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| Entoloma eugenei | |
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| Entoloma eugenei, Russia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Entolomataceae |
| Genus: | Entoloma |
| Species: | E. eugenei |
| Binomial name | |
| Entoloma eugenei Noordel. & O.V. Morozova (2010) | |
Entoloma eugenei is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Entolomataceae. The species has a temperate distribution in the Russian Far East, Japan, and Korea, occurring mainly in mixed hardwood forests. Threats to its habitat have resulted in Entoloma eugenei being assessed as globally "endangered" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]
Description
Basidiocarps are agaricoid, up to 80 mm (3 in) tall, the cap hemispherical at first becoming flat, up to 60 mm (2.4 in) across. The cap surface is smooth, finely velvety when young, and deep blue. The lamellae (gills) are white becoming pink from the spores. The stipe (stem) is finely squamulose, cap-coloured or paler, lacking a ring. The spore print is pink, the spores (under a microscope) multi-angled, inamyloid, measuring about 10 to 12.5 by 6 to 8 μm.[3]
Similar species
Entoloma dichroum is similar, but typically smaller and occurs in Europe.[3]
Distribution and habitat
Entoloma eugenei is rare and currently known from a very few sites in the Russian Far East and single sites in Japan and Korea. It occurs in mixed hardwood forests.[1]