| Entoloma sericellum | |
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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. sericellum |
| Binomial name | |
| Entoloma sericellum (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871) | |
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Entoloma sericellum is a species of mushroom-forming fungus belonging to the family Entolomataceae. It appears in conifer and hardwood forests.
The cap is dry, white, and covered by tiny fribrils. The gills are white and fragile. The stipe is thin, white, and sometimes translucent. The cap and stipe yellow in age, while the gills turn pinkish from the spores as they mature.
The species is inedible.
References
Species of fungusEntoloma sericellum Mycological characteristics | |
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 | 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 |
- ^ 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.
- 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Entoloma sericellum | |
| Alboleptonia sericella | |
| Agaricus sericeus β sericellus | |
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