Entoloma

Entoloma
Entoloma sinuatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Entolomataceae
Genus:	Entoloma (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)
Type species
Entoloma sinuatum (Bull.) P.Kumm. (1871)
Species
1948 species[1]
Synonyms
List Agaricus trib. Entoloma Fr. (1838) Alboleptonia Largent & R.G.Benedict (1970) Arenicola Velen. (1947) Calliderma (Romagn.) Largent (1994) Claudopus Gillet (1876) Clitopiloides (Romagn.) Largent (1994) Eccilia (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871) Fibropilus (Noordel.) Largent (1994) Inocephalus (Noordel.) P.D.Orton (1991) Leptonia (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871) Leptoniella Earle (1909) Nigropogon Coker & Couch (1928) Nolanea (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871) Omphaliopsis (Noordel.) P.D.Orton (1991) Paraeccilia Largent (1994) Paraleptonia (Romagn. ex Noordel.) P.D.Orton (1991) Pouzarella Mazzer (1976) Richoniella Costantin & L.M.Dufour (1900) Rhodocybella T.J.Baroni & R.H.Petersen (1987) Rhodogaster E.Horak (1964) Rhodophyllus Quél. (1886) (nom. illegit.) Trichopilus (Romagn.) P.D.Orton (1991)

Entoloma is a genus of fungi in the order Agaricales. Called pinkgills in English, basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are typically agaricoid (gilled mushrooms), though a minority are gasteroid. All have salmon-pink basidiospores which colour the gills at maturity and are angular (polyhedral) under a microscope. The genus is large, with almost 2000 species worldwide. Most species are saprotrophic, but some are ectomycorrhizal, and a few are parasitic on other fungi. The type, Entoloma sinuatum, is one of several Entoloma species that are poisonous, typically causing mild to severe gastrointestinal illness.