''Entoloma rodwayi'', known as the green stem pinkgill, is a species of
fungus
A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...
in the
Entolomataceae family of
mushroom
A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. ''Toadstool'' generally denotes one poisonous to humans.
The standard for the name "mushroom" is ...
s. A yellowish green mushroom with pink gills and spores, it is found in wet forests of Tasmania.
Taxonomy
First named as ''Leptonia rodwayi'' by British mycologist
George Edward Massee
George Edward Massee (20 December 1845 – 16 February 1917) was an English mycologist, plant pathologist, and botanist.
Background and education
George Massee was born in Scampston, East Riding of Yorkshire, the son of a farmer. He was educat ...
in 1898, it was transferred to the genus ''
Entoloma'' in a 1980 publication by German mycologist Egon Horak. It was named after Tasmanian botanist
Leonard Rodway
Leonard Rodway (5 October 1853 – 9 March 1936) was an English-born Australian dentist and botanist.
Early life
Rodway was born in Torquay Devon, England, the thirteenth child of Henry Barron Rodway, a dentist and inventor of the Rodway life ...
.
The genus ''Entoloma'' is well represented in Australia, particularly Tasmania, and ''E. rodwayi'' is one of many unusually coloured members, others being shades of blue and purple as well as green.
Description
The
cap is up to 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter, and is conical or convex, before flattening out as the mushroom ages. The centre is sometimes depressed. When dried, the mushroom transforms from yellow-green to a vivid blue-green.
It can be confused with some other green mushrooms such as the larger and more solid ''
Cortinarius austrovenetus'' and several species of ''
Hygrocybe'', which have slimy caps. It can also be distinguished by its pink gills;
the edges of the gills are the same color as the sides. Viewed in deposit, such as with a
spore print
300px, Making a spore print of the mushroom ''Volvariella volvacea'' shown in composite: (photo lower half) mushroom cap laid on white and dark paper; (photo upper half) cap removed after 24 hours showing pinkish-tan spore print. A 3.5-centimeter ...
, the
spores
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, ...
are pink; viewed microscopically, they are angular, with dimensions of 10 by 7
μm
The micrometre ( international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American spelling), also commonly known as a micron, is a unit of length in the International System of Unit ...
.
Habitat and distribution
''Entoloma rodwayi'' is found in
temperate rainforest
Temperate rainforests are coniferous or broadleaf forests that occur in the temperate zone and receive heavy rain.
Temperate rain forests occur in oceanic moist regions around the world: the Pacific temperate rain forests of North American P ...
and wet
mixed forest
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest is a temperate climate terrestrial habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature, with broadleaf tree ecoregions, and with conifer and broadleaf tree mixed coniferous forest ecoregions.
These fo ...
,
[ but is somewhat rare. Among those places it has been officially recorded are ]Mount Wellington Mount Wellington may refer to:
Mountains
* Mount Wellington (British Columbia), in Canada
* Mount Wellington (New York), in Otsego County, New York, United States
* Mount Wellington (Tasmania), in Tasmania, Australia
* Mount Wellington (Victoria) ...
just outside Hobart, along with 50 other species of ''Entoloma'' there.
See also
* List of ''Entoloma'' species
References
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Entolomataceae