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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Entoloma farinolens. Entoloma farinolens

Synonyms

Entoloma distinguens

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Endemic

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Caption: Fig. 74: Entoloma distinguens Hk (type); spores

Caption: Dried type specimen
Owner: Herb PDD

Caption: Dried type specimen
Owner: Herb PDD

Caption: Entoloma farinolens Hk. (holotype): a. carpophores. b. spores. c. cheilocystidia. d. cutide.
 

Article: Horak, E. (1973). Fungi Agaricini Novazelandiae I-V. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 43: 200 p.
Description: Pileus 10-25 mm diam., convex or umbonate, but umbo always indistinct, margin incurved in young carpophores, dry, radially fibrillose, strongly striate, hygrophanous, dark brown. Lamellae (L 10-14, l 3-7) broadly adnate or uncinate; dark beige, finally pink, gill edge concolorous, sometimes wavy. Stipe -20 x -1.5 mm, frequently excentrically inserted, cylindrical, swollen at the base, curved, glabrous or slightly fibrillose, fistulose, solitary. Context brownish, thin. Odor and taste farinaceous.
Spores 8.5-10 x 6-8 µm, 5-angled, but also 4-sided. Basidia 30-35 x 10-11 µm, 4-spored. Cheilocystidia 35-50 x 8-10 µm, irregularly fusoid or clavate, thinwalled, without pigment. Pleurocystidia none. Cuticle a cutis of repent, cylindrical hyphae (10-15 µm diam.), membrane thin-walled, encrusted by brown pigment. Clamp connections absent.
Habitat: On rotten tree-fern (Dicksonia fibrosa). New Zealand.
Notes: The closest affinity is with E. sordidulum Hk., which differs however, in its smaller pileus and concave pileus, lack of cheilocystidia and more distinctive, 4-sided spores.

Article: Horak, E. (1980). Entoloma (Agaricales) in Indomalaya and Australasia. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 65: 352 p.
Habitat: Habitat. - On rotten Dicksonia fibrosa. - New Zealand.