Entoloma rhodopolium

Taxobox
name = Entoloma rhodopolium
status = secure


regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
subclassis = Hymenomycetes
ordo = Agaricales
familia = Entolomataceae
genus = "Entoloma"
species = "E. rhodopolium"
binomial = "Entoloma rhodopolium"
binomial_authority = (Fr.) P. Kumm. mycomorphbox
name = Entoloma rhodopolium
whichGills = adnate
capShape = convex
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter=bare
ecologicalType=mycorrhizal
sporePrintColor=pink
howEdible=poisonous

"Entoloma rhodopolium", known as the wood pinkgill, is a poisonous mushroom found in Europe and Asia. In fact, it is one of the three most commonly implicated fungi in cases of mushroom poisoning in Japan. Symptoms are predominantly gastrointestinal in nature, though muscarine and choline have been isolated as toxic agents.

The taxonomy of this species is currently unclear, with several different forms identified in North America, and questions over whether the European and North American fungi are even the same species.

"Entoloma" is a genus of pink spored fungi. An alternate scientific name seen is "Rhodophyllus rhodopolius", from Quelet's broader genus containing a larger subsection of pink-spored fungi.

"Entoloma nidorosum", previously considered a separate species, is now classified as a variety of this fungus.

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