Entoloma quadratum
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| Entoloma quadratum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Entolomataceae |
| Genus: | Entoloma |
| Species: | E. quadratum |
| Binomial name | |
| Entoloma quadratum | |
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Entoloma quadratum is a species of agaric fungus in the family Entolomataceae. The fungus was originally described as Agaricus quadratus by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1859;[3] Egon Horak transferred it to Entoloma in 1976.[4]
The mushroom is mostly orange. The cap grows up to 3.5 centimetres (1+1⁄2 in) wide and the stem reaches 10 cm (4 in) long. The spore print is pinkish-brown.[5] It can resemble E. luteum, E. murrayi, and Hygrocybe conica.[5]
It is found in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America,[6] under conifers and in moist soil.[5]
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