Friday, 21 August 2015

New Species - Entoloma porphyrophaeum

There's going to be a focus on fungi for a while and I have some expert help with the identifications. This Entoloma came up as a group of four fruiting bodies and although there are 70 odd Entolomas to choose from in the UK this id seems clear enough. The only item that didn't fit exactly at first sight was the colour of the gills which seemed to me more brownish than pinkish but a spore print came out right and the specimen was a bit on the old side. That is one of the issues with identifying fungi - they morph rapidly with cap and gills changing shape and colour in a matter of hours or days

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