Entoloma ferruginans
| Bleachy Entoloma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Entolomataceae |
| Genus: | Entoloma |
| Species: | E. ferruginans |
| Binomial name | |
| Entoloma ferruginans Peck, 1895 | |
Entoloma ferruginans | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is free or emarginate |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is pink to salmon |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is not recommended |
Entoloma ferruginans is an endemic mushroom of California in North America. It smells distinctly like a chlorinated pool at the YMCA, thus the common name bleachy entoloma.[1] E. ferruginans lives in mycorrhizal association with live oaks south of the San Francisco Bay.[1] This mushroom was first described by Charles Horton Peck in 1895 from a type specimen collected under oak trees in Pasadena.[2]
References
- ^ a b Siegel & Schwarz (2016), p. 206.
- ^ Largent (1971), p. 240.
Sources
- Largent, David L. (July 1971). "Rhodophylloid Fungi of the Pacific Coast (United States) I: Type Studies and New Combinations of Species Described Prior to 1968". Brittonia. 23 (3): 238. doi:10.2307/2805626.
- Siegel, Noah; Schwarz, Christian (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. ISBN 9781607748182. LCCN 2015027853. OCLC 956478776.