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Entoloma byssisedum (Oysterling pinkgill)

Entoloma byssisedum. Photo: (c) David Greenberger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

Entoloma is a large genus of terrestrial pink-gilled mushrooms, with about 1000 species. They have a drab appearance, pink gills which are attached to the stem, a smooth thick cap, and angular spores. Most entolomas are saprobic. The best-known member of is the livid agaric (Entoloma sinuatum), responsible for a number of poisonings over the years in Europe and North America, and Entoloma rhodopolium in Japan. Some southern hemisphere species such as Entoloma rodwayi and Entoloma…

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Humboldt Life
Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
Class: Agaricomycetes
Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
Suborder: Tricholomatineae
Family: Entolomataceae
Genus: Entoloma (Pinkgills)
Subgenus: Claudopus
Species: Entoloma byssisedum (Oysterling pinkgill)

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