Honey Pinkgill

Entoloma cetratum

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By Roger Phillips

Published 2006

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Honey Pinkgill Entoloma cetratum (Fr.) M.M. Moser syn. Nolanea cetrata (Fr.) P. Kumm. (illustrated 55% life size) Cap 1–3cm across, bell-shaped; ochre-brown to tan; striate. Stem 25–60×2–4mm; pale tan-buff; covered in long, whitish, silky fibres. Flesh dark brown in cap, paler in stem; thin; taste and smell not distinctive. Gills almost free; flesh-coloured to light tan. Spores 9–12×6.5–8¼, angular. Spore print pink. Basidia 2-spored. Habitat with conifers, sometimes in sphagnum; autumn. Frequent. Not edible.