Entoloma chalybeum var chalybeum (Pers.) Noordel.
(Indigo Pinkgill)

Interactions where Entoloma chalybeum var chalybeum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on live POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Entolomataceae/Entoloma chalybeum var. chalybeum/Entoloma chalybeum var. chalybeumindigo pinkgillfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchlive

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Entoloma chalybeum var chalybeum (Indigo Pinkgill) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Entoloma chalybeum var chalybeum (Indigo Pinkgill) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
VarietyEntoloma chalybeum var chalybeum (Indigo Pinkgill)
SpeciesEntoloma chalybeum (Indigo Pinkgill)
Species groupEntoloma (Leptonia 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Entoloma chalybeum var chalybeum (Indigo Pinkgill)

Entoloma chalybeum var chalybeum (Indigo Pinkgill) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Entoloma chalybeum var chalybeum (Indigo Pinkgill):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 19 images of Entoloma chalybeum var chalybeum (Indigo Pinkgill)

A dark-blue Leptonia with an opaque, squamulose cap. Variety ’lazulinum’ is distinguished only by its cap being pellucid-striate and less distinctly squamulose. The toadstool is found in grassland, pastures and meadows. It is widespread but relatively rare.

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