ChristiaandeWit Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 Found this in Western NC, fibrous stalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Looks like an Entoloma, maybe E. strictius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 With very few exceptions, species of Entoloma are toxic... not deadly but probably a ticket to the ER if consumed. No danger in simply handling them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert Posted May 7, 2022 Report Share Posted May 7, 2022 The free gills suggests (alongside the probable pink spore colour) that it's Pluteus rather than Entoloma complex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 8, 2022 Report Share Posted May 8, 2022 Deeply sinuate gill attachment is easily mistaken for "free". Here's an example https://mushroomobserver.org/317228?q=1mvyI . Sometimes thinly attached gills break away from the stalk (seceding). Any doubt about Pluteus vs. Entoloma may be settled with a microscope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert Posted May 8, 2022 Report Share Posted May 8, 2022 True enough Dave, and the example you shared is a great example. But the mushroom ChristiaaneWit found looks really really like free gills. A cross section would probably help. And of course, a microscope would easily discern between the two, as you correctly pointed out. We'll probably never know for sure! And this won't be the last time. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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