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''Entocybe'' is a 
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of agaric
An agaric () is a type of fungal fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus (cap) that is clearly differentiated from the stipe (stalk), with lamellae (gills) on the underside of the pileus. It is a type of mushroom (or toadstool) ...
fungi in the family Entolomataceae
The Entolomataceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. The family contains eight genera and 2250 species, the majority of which are in ''Entoloma''. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are typically agaricoid (mushrooms with gills), but a mino ...
. It was circumscribed in 2011 to contain several former ''Entoloma
''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 ...
'' species having obscurely angular spores
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with 6–10 angles (some formerly classified as '' Rhodocybe''). Based on three locus DNA analysis
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, these species form a distinct, well-defined clade
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in the Entomolataceae that is basal to ''Entoloma''. The genus name, a combination of ''Entoloma'' and ''Rhodocybe'', alludes to similarities with species in those genera. '' E. melleogrisea'', found in a subboreal forest in Québec
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, Canada, was described as a new species in 2013. Unlike the mostly collybioid fruit bodies of most other ''Entocybe'' species, ''E. melleogrisea'' has a tricholoma
''Tricholoma'' is a genus of fungus
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms ...
toid stature.
Species
See also
*List of Entolomataceae genera
The mushroom genera in the family Entolomataceae collectively contain over 1500 species, the large majority of which are in ''Entoloma''. There have been many different classifications of this group, and so the table below includes not only genera ...
References
Entolomataceae {{Agaricales-stub