Entoloma mammosum

Entoloma mammosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Subclass:	Hymenomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Entolomataceae
Genus:	Entoloma
Species:	E. mammosum
Binomial name
Entoloma mammosum
Synonyms
Nolanea mammosa (L.) Sacc.

Entoloma mammosum, commonly known as the bell-shaped Nolanea, is a species of fungus in the Entolomataceae family. The fruit bodies are small and nippled, with a striate cap, salmon-colored gills, and a stately stalk. It is typically found growing in feather moss under spruce and Jack pine in the summer and fall. It is saprobic, and derives nutrients from rotting organic matter.^[1]:16,17

Gill Detail

References

1. ^ Bossenmaier, Eugene F. (1997), Mushrooms of the Boreal Forest, University Extension Press, University of Saskatchewan, ISBN -088880-355-9 

External links

• Fungi of Saskatchewan