First Nature home page...
Text style:
Aa

Aa

Aa
Fungi
Sitemap of www.first-nature.com
Photo-Library
The Bookshop
Amphibians Bats Birds Fish Fungi Insects Mammals (excluding Bats) Reptiles Trees Wildflowers Flyfishing Courses
Identification
Interactive multimedia guide to the Kingdom of Fungi
CD-ROM
Facts
Blog
Forays
Glossary
Safety
Menus
Hallucinogens
Poisoning
Quiz
Fungiramas

Photography

Entoloma porphyrophaeum

Entoloma porphyrophaeum
This tall entoloma is a rather uncommon grassland species, quite variable in colouring.

Identification guide

Cap

With a distinct umbo, the cap is purplish and typically 5 to 8 cm in diameter.

Gills

White at first, becoming pink at maturity.

Spores

Pale pink.

Stipe

Concolorous with cap or slightly paler, fibrous.

Odour/taste

Not distinctive.

Habitat

Singly or in small groups or in moist grassland areas.

Season

Summer and autumn.

Occurrence

Uncommon.

Similar species

  1. There are several entolomas of similar size and colour; the fibrous cap helps to distinguish Entoloma porphyrophaeum.
*** CD-ROM Multimedia Guide to Fungi: Available Now ***
Fungi | Reptiles | Bats | Land Mammals | Birds | Fish | Insects | Amphibians | Wild Flowers | Trees
FLYFISHING COURSES | THE BOOKSHOP
Liability
| Email us | Copyright