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Salmon Pinkgill

entoloma quadratum

The Salmon Pinkgill is a colorful mushroom that can often be found in forests and grassy areas. Its bright pink color and unique shape make it a fun find for little explorers!

Lebensraum: Forests and grassy areas

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The Salmon Pinkgill has a salmon-orange to brownish cap that can be bell-shaped or convex, often with an irregular or somewhat squarish outline. Its most distinct feature is the vibrant salmon-pink gills beneath the cap, which are widely spaced and attached to the stem. The stem is usually slender and the same color as the cap.

ReichFungiStammBasidiomycotaKlasseAgaricomycetesOrdnungAgaricalesFamilieEntolomataceaeGattungEntoloma

Salmon Pinkgill

Kategorie

Pilze

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

It is part of the huge *Entoloma* family, with over 1,000 different species!

Its scientific name, *quadratum*, refers to its often squarish cap or angular spores!

This mushroom's gills become darker pink as it matures because of its colored spores.

Though beautiful, many of its close relatives are known to be poisonous!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Salmon Pinkgill has the ability to break down dead organic matter because of its saprobic nature, helping to recycle nutrients.

Salmon Pinkgill can spread its pink spores from its distinctive gills that help them reproduce and colonize new areas.

Salmon Pinkgill has uniquely angular spores that help them differentiate from other mushroom types when examined closely.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 3-10 cm
Edibility: inedible
Cap Diameter: 2-6 cm
Wachstumssubstrat: soil
Saison: Late summer to fall
Sporenfarbe: Pink

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

White Oak

Quercus alba

decomposes its fallen leaves and dead wood.

eats

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

absorbs nutrients from its decaying organic matter.

eaten by

Black Slug

Arion ater

slimy slugs sometimes munch on its fruiting bodies.

Merkmale

Einzelgänger

Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.

Farbenfroh

Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.

Wald

Waldlebensräume sind terrestrische Lebensräume, die von dichtem Baumbestand dominiert werden und eine große Vielfalt an Pflanzen- und Tierarten beherbergen.