Entoloma mougeotii Fr.) Hesl.           Gallery                Home

 

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Entoloma mougeotii is recognized by violet colours on hat and stem, scaly hat and fibrillose stem.

 

Characteristics:

Cap

Gills

Stipe

Similar species

Up to 50 mm, clearly scaly. Dark violet to grey-violet.

Often with decurrent tooth, white to cream, then pink.

Gill-edge sterile

Spores 8.5-9.5 µm.

Up to 50x5 mm long, grey-violet, fibrillose

Other blue-violet pinkgills.

 

 

Ecology/Indicatorvalue:
Grows often in small groups in rich grasslands together with many other rare and red-listed fungi. It is a good indicator of rich localities and prefers calcareous ground. It is rare in Western Norway with relatively few findings.

Fructification in Norway: From beginning of July to beginning of October, mainly in August/September.

 

Redlistcategory: NT – near threatened

 

Other Nordic countries:

Sweden

Denmark

Finland

Not listed

EN - endangered

VU- vulnerable

 

 

Utbredelseskart

 

References:

Noordeloos, M.E. 1992. Entoloma s.1 Fungi Europaei vol 5. Saronno, Italia.

Noordeloos, M.E. 2004. Entoloma supplement. Fungi Europaei vol 5a, Saronno,

Italia

Vesterholt, J. 2002. Fungi non deleineati. Contribution to the knowledge of

species of Entoloma subgenus Leptonis. Liberia Mycoflora, Alassio.