Entoloma rhodopolium (Fr.) P. Kumm.
(Wood Pinkgill)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEntoloma rhodopolium (Wood Pinkgill)
Species groupEntoloma (Entoloma group) (a group of pinkgill toadstools)
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 rhodopolium (Wood Pinkgill) :
1: Entoloma rhodopolium (Wood Pinkgill)
6 Oct 1999 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in boggy ground under Sallow and Alder
Image 1: Cap - dryImage 2: Cap - LSImage 3: Cap - moistImage 4: Cap - moist (2)Image 5: Cap - moist (3)Image 6: CollectionImage 7: FruitbodyImage 8: Fruitbody (2)Image 9: Fruitbody (3)Image 10: Fruitbody - LSImage 11: Fruitbody - youngImage 12: GillsImage 13: Gills (2)Image 14: Gills - close-upImage 15: Stipe - apex and gill attachementImage 16: Stipe - close-upImage 17: Cap - half dryImage 18: Cap - half dry - close-upImage 19: Gills - close-upImage 20: Cap cuticle (arrowed) and subcuticleImage 21: Cap cuticle and subcuticleImage 22: SporesImage 23: Spores (2)
2: Entoloma rhodopolium (Wood Pinkgill)
29 Sep 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Under beech, hazel, willow
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap surface - close-upImage 3: FruitbodiesImage 4: Fruitbodies (2)Image 5: GillsImage 6: Gills (2)
3: Entoloma rhodopolium (Wood Pinkgill)
25 Sep 1985 OSGR: SU18 51° 30’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: Cap - close-up - oblique view - in situImage 2: Cap - close-up - top view - in situImage 3: CollectionImage 4: Fruitbodies - side view - in situImage 5: Fruitbodies - side views showing gills - lain downImage 6: Fruitbody - young - side view - in situImage 7: Gills and stipe apex - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 9: DescriptionImage 10: Description - contd
4: Entoloma rhodopolium (Wood Pinkgill)
19 Oct 1979 OSGR: SU82 51° 0’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Image 1: Caps - top view - close-up - in situImage 2: Fruitbodies - side view - in situImage 3: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - lain downImage 4: Gills and stipe apex - close-upImage 5: Cap cuticle end cells - magnifiedImage 6: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 7: Description

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

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

A medium-sized toadstool of damp woodland with a yellowish to greyish brown cap and a pure white stipe. It smells weakly nitrous but is otherwise very close to Entoloma rhodopolium

A medium-sized toadstool of damp woodland with a yellowish to greyish brown cap and a pure white stipe. It is very close to Entoloma nidorosum but that species smells nitrous.

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