Entoloma jubatum (Fr.) P. Karst.
(Sepia Pinkgill)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEntoloma jubatum (Sepia Pinkgill)
GenusEntoloma (pinkgills)
FamilyENTOLOMATACEAE (pinkgills)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Entoloma jubatum (Sepia Pinkgill) :
1: Entoloma jubatum (Sepia Pinkgill)
25 Oct 2005 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
3 fruitbodies, (one a tiny button) amongst heather . Photos: toadstools in situ, close-ups, cap cuticle, cheilocystidia, basidia, spores
Image 1: Cap - in situ - close-upImage 2: Fruitbodies - side view - close-upImage 3: Fruitbodies - side view showing gills - close-upImage 4: Fruitbody - LSImage 5: Gills and upper stipe - close-upImage 6: Basidia - magnifiedImage 7: Basidia - magnified (2)Image 8: Cap cuticle end cells - magnifiedImage 9: Cap cuticle end cells - magnified (2)Image 10: Cap cuticle - magnifiedImage 11: Cap cuticle - magnified (2)Image 12: Cap cuticle - magnified (3)Image 13: Cap cuticle - magnified (4)Image 14: Cap cuticle - microscope low magnificationImage 15: Cheilocystidia in gill edge - magnifiedImage 16: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 17: Cheilocystidia - magnified (2)Image 18: Cheilocystidia - magnified (3)Image 19: Cheilocystidia - magnified (4)Image 20: Cheilocystidia - magnified (5)Image 21: Cheilocystidia - magnified (6)Image 22: Cheilocystidia - magnified (7)Image 23: Spores - magnifiedImage 24: Spores - magnified (2)Image 25: Spores - magnified (3)Image 26: Spores - highly magnified
2: Entoloma jubatum (Sepia Pinkgill)
27 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
among regenerating heather
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap - LSImage 3: Cap - LS (2)Image 4: Cap surface - close-upImage 5: FruitbodiesImage 6: FruitbodyImage 7: Fruitbody - LSImage 8: Fruitbody - LS (2)Image 9: Fruitbody - undersideImage 10: GillsImage 11: Gills (2)Image 12: Small fruitbodyImage 13: Spore print (scraped together)Image 14: StipeImage 15: Stipe - close-up of surface

Entoloma jubatum (Sepia Pinkgill) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Entoloma jubatum (Sepia Pinkgill)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Entoloma jubatum (Sepia Pinkgill)

A large toadstool with a very dark grey-brown umbonate cap on a tall grey-brown stem. The young gills are dark grey-brown to chocolate coloured. It is found in open grasslands, pastures, meadows but also heaths, open woodland etc from coastal dunes to subalpine zone. It is widespread.

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