Entolomataceae (and relatives) Gallery

Entoloma serrulatum	Entoloma nitidum	Pluteus cervinus	Pluteus umbrosus	Macrocystidia cuccumis

The Entolomataceae comprise some 300 species in Europe. This group includes the Entoloma and Pluteus genera as well as Clitopilus and Volvariella.

Entoloma fungi grow on soil, while Pluteus species require rotting wood as a substrate. Spore prints from all fungi in this group are either pink or a light brownish-pink.

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The Entolomataceae are mainly small to medium-sized fungi with pinkish gills and pink spores, although it also includes a few large fungi.
The Entoloma genus is remarkable for the consistency of its gill colours contrasted with a wide range of cap colours. Entoloma nitidum, for example, is a dark steely blue, while other species in the same genus have caps of cream, tan, brown and black.	Entoloma nitidum
The Pluteus genus comprises wood rotting fungi. Although normally between 2 and 12 cm in cap diameter, when Pluteus fungi grow on sawdust they can be very large indeed. The caps of Pluteus cervinus, commonly known as the Fawn Pluteus (even though several other fungi in this genus are fawn!) can attain a diameter of 25 cm when growing on a substrate of rotting sawdust.	Pluteus cervinus
There are some 300 European species identified within the family Entolomataceae.

Entolomataceae (and relatives) Gallery

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