Entoloma rhodopolium
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| genus = Entoloma
| species = rhodopolium
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| name = Entoloma rhodopolium
| whichGills = adnate
| capShape = convex
| hymeniumType=gills
| stipeCharacter=bare
| ecologicalType=mycorrhizal
| sporePrintColor=pink
| howEdible=poisonous}}
Entoloma rhodopolium, commonly known as the wood pinkgill, is a species of poisonous mushroom found in Europe and Asia, and associated with specimens found in North America.
Taxonomy
The taxonomy of this species is currently unclear, with forms identified in North America, which are not certainly the same species.{{Cite book |last=Audubon |title=Mushrooms of North America |publisher=Knopf |year=2023 |isbn=978-0-593-31998-7 |pages=514}} An alternate scientific name seen is Rhodophyllus rhodopolius, from Lucien Quélet's broader genus containing a larger subsection of pink-spored fungi, encompassing Entoloma in general. Entoloma nidorosum, previously considered a separate species, is now classified as a variety of this fungus.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Toxicity
Often mistaken for the edible mushroom E. sarcopum, E. rhodopolium is one of the three most commonly implicated fungi in cases of mushroom poisoning in Japan. (The other two are Omphalotus japonicus and Tricholoma ustale.) Symptoms are predominantly gastrointestinal in nature. Muscarine, muscaridine, and choline have been isolated as toxic agents.
See also
Gallery
File:Entoloma rhodopolium - Lindsey.jpg|Group growing
File:Entoloma.rhodopolium2.-.lindsey.jpg|Cap underside
References
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Category:Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries
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