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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!

Hábitat: Forests and grassy areas

Aspecto

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.

ReinoFungiFiloBasidiomycotaClaseAgaricomycetesOrdenAgaricalesFamiliaEntolomataceaeGéneroEntoloma
Salmon Pinkgill
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Salmon Pinkgill

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Peligro

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Forest Recycler

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

Habilidad

Pink Spore Disperser

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

Habilidad

Angular Spore Craft

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

Medidas y detalles

Altura
3-10 cm
Edibility
inedible
Cap Diameter
2-6 cm
Sustrato de crecimiento
soil
Temporada
Late summer to fall
Color de las esporas
Pink

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

También conocido como

Pink MushroomPinkgillSalmon Mushroom

Colecciones

Seguridad

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Always ask an adult before touching or picking mushrooms!

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el altura de Salmon Pinkgill?

3-10 cm

¿Cuál es el edibility de Salmon Pinkgill?

inedible

¿Cuál es el cap Diameter de Salmon Pinkgill?

2-6 cm

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Salmon Pinkgill?

Forests and grassy areas

¿Cuál es el sustrato de crecimiento de Salmon Pinkgill?

soil

¿Cuál es el temporada de Salmon Pinkgill?

Late summer to fall

¿Cuál es el color de las esporas de Salmon Pinkgill?

Pink

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