Aromatic Pinkgill - Entoloma pleopodium

Description

Small fungus with yellowish-brown cap with darker centre, brown stipe.  Smell pleasant, variously described as like ripe apples, pear-drops or bubble-gum.  Spore print pinkish brown; spores angular.

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Provide photos of side, top and gills underneath; note smell.  We recommend that this species is verified by an expert before submitting to NatureSpot

Habitat

on nitrogen rich soil, including gardens and parks

VC55 Status

not known

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Species profile

Common names
Aromatic Pinkgill
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Fungi
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Records on NatureSpot:
1
First record:
02/01/2025 (Hollingworth, Jane)
Last record:
02/01/2025 (Hollingworth, Jane)

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