Entoloma necopinatum

Entoloma necopinatum
Entoloma necopinatum, Chile
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Entolomataceae
Genus: Entoloma
Species:
E. necopinatum
Binomial name
Entoloma necopinatum
E. Horak (1978)
Entoloma necopinatum
Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is salmon
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is unknown

Entoloma necopinatum is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Entolomataceae. The species is currently only known from Chile, occurring in Nothofagus (southern beech) forests. Threats to its habitat have resulted in Entoloma necopinatum being assessed as globally "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]

Description

Basidiocarps are deep green colored agaricoids, up to 60 mm (2.4 in) tall, the cap convex and umbilicate, up to 40 mm (1.5 in) across. The cap surface is smooth and dry. The lamellae (gills) are greenish becoming greenish pink from the spores. The stipe (stem) is smooth and cap-coloured, lacking a ring. The spore print is pink, the spores (under a microscope) multi-angled, inamyloid, measuring about 8.5 to 10 by 6 to 7 μm.[2]

Conservation

Because of its rarity and threats to its habitat, the species is of global conservation concern and is listed as "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Furci G, Smith M. "Entoloma necopinatum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  2. ^ Horak E (1978). "Entoloma in South America I" (PDF). Sydowia. 30: 40–111.