A key to the main mushroom genera covered in this book that have various shapes—those not cap-shaped with stalks. Habitat and Range Entoloma (pinkgills) is a large genus of terrestrial pink-gilled mushrooms, with about 1000 species. Cap: 1-4 cm (3/8- 1 5/8") wide.Bell-shaped to sharply conical.Moist, smooth. It is edible while it's still young, but when the fungi has turned yellow or light brown, it is advised not to eat it. About half of these mushrooms are also widely found across all of North America and … Entoloma conferendum (syn. Mushroom Observer is a forum where amateur and professional mycologists can come together and celebrate their common passion for mushrooms by discussing and sharing photos of mushroom sightings from around the world. Berkeley, USA: Mad River Press. Salmon colored fading with age. Cap . ISBN 978-0916422813. Genera formerly known as Leptonia and Nolanea, amongst others, have been subsumed into Entoloma. 240, 274. The Entolomataceae, also known as Rhodophyllaceae, are a large family of pink-spored terrestrial gilled mushrooms which includes the genera Entoloma, Rhodocybe, and Clitopilus.The family collectively contains over 1500 species, the large majority of which are in Entoloma. However your pictures aren't really good enough to tell more, we'll need some with much higher resolution as well as pictures of gills and stem. Keys to the genera of rhodophylloid fungi as well as infrageneric taxa of Entoloma, Nolanea and Leptonia are provided. If you by "worth anything" mean edible or psychoactive, the answer is a definite "no". Base with white threads ().Spore print: Salmon pink . : Nolanea staurospora Bres. Here is a guide to help you identify over 1,500 different mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest, an area that includes all of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Southwestern British Columbia. Yes, Entoloma species, possibly E. sericeum or something closely related in subgenus Nolanea. Gills: Attached, almost distant, broad, salmon.. Cap and Stalk . AmericanMushrooms.com Photo Image Gallery, over 500 photos photographs images of American mushrooms fungi taken by mushroom expert mycologist David W. Fischer photographer author Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America and Mushrooms of Northeastern North America. Author of How to identify mushrooms, How to identify mushrooms to genus, Entolomatoid Fungi of the Western United States and Alaska, How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus III . pp. The Entolomataceae of the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana 6: Ten new species and one combination of Nolanea". ----- Description . ), a member of the section Staurospora that was initially placed in the subgenus Nolanea and later transferred to the subgenus Inocephalus (Noordeloos, 1992, Noordeloos, 2004) and was once again proved to belong in subgenus Nolanea in a DNA based phylogenetic analysis (Co-David et al. It is usually found in the woodlands and sometimes can also be found in the grasslands. Nolanea quadrata - This is also known as Entoloma salmoneum. Stalk: 5-10 cm (2-4") long and 1.5-3 mm (1/16-1/8") thick.Fragile, salmon.