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(Entoloma serrulatum)(Fr.: Fr.) Hesler

 

Entoloma serrulatum

                                                                                                                                              ©Per Fadnes

 

Entoloma serrulatum is easy to recognize on the blue-black gill edge and the very strong blue color on both cap and stem.

 

 

Characteristics

Cap

Gill

Stilk

Forvekslingsarter

Up to 40mm, dark blue and clearly scaly. The color can get more brownish with age.

Gill edge blue-black (serrulated)

Blue, fibrillose

Entoloma caesiocinctum  but it has brown cap.

 

Ecology/Indicatorvalue:

Entoloma serrulatum is one of the most common pinkgills in grasslands, and therefore has limited indicator value. It is found along both the coast and inland all the way north to Troms County.

 

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

 

 

Redlistcategory: Not listed

 

Other Nordic countries

Sweden

Denmark

Finland

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

 

Distributionmap

 

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.