Entoloma sericellum is a species of mushroom-forming fungus belonging to the family Entolomataceae. It appears in conifer and hardwood forests.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Entolomataceae |
| Genus: | Entoloma |
| Species: | E. sericellum
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| Entoloma sericellum | |
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The cap is dry, white, and covered by tiny fribrils.[1] The gills are white and fragile.[1] The stipe is thin, white, and sometimes translucent.[1] The cap and stipe yellow in age, while the gills turn pinkish from the spores as they mature.[1]
The species is inedible.[2]
References edit
Entoloma sericellum | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is adnate or adnexed |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is pink |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is unknown or inedible |
- ^ a b c d e Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
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