Entoloma sericellum

Entoloma sericellum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Entolomataceae
Genus:	Entoloma
Species:	E. sericellum
Binomial name
Entoloma sericellum (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)
Synonyms
Agaricus sericeus ß sericellusFr. (1818) Alboleptonia sericella(Fr.) Largent & R.G.Benedict (1970)

Entoloma sericellum is a species of mushroom-forming fungus belonging to the family Entolomataceae.

The cap grows up to 5 centimetres (2 in) wide. ^[1] It is dry, white, and covered by tiny fibrils. ^[2] The gills are white and fragile. ^[2] The stipe is up to 5 cm long, ^[1] thin, white, and sometimes translucent. ^[2] The cap and stipe yellow in age, while the gills turn pinkish from the spores as they mature. ^[2]

The species appears in conifer and hardwood forests in North America. ^{[2] [3]} It is inedible. ^[3]

References

Entoloma sericellum Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex
	Hymenium is adnate or adnexed
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is pink
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is unknown or inedible

1. Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. pp. 252–53. ISBN   978-0-89815-170-1.
2. Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 142. ISBN   978-0-88192-935-5.
3. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 210. ISBN   978-0-7627-3109-1.