Entoloma conferendum

Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Entolomataceae
Species: Entoloma conferendum (Britzelm.) Noordel.

Synonyms:

Agaricus conferendus
Entoloma staurosporum
Nolanea conferenda
Nolanea staurospora
Rhodophyllus staurosporus

Common Name:

Star Pinkgill


A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Poa (3) Beech (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Acid grassland (16) Acid grassland: semi-improved (11) Small parks and city squares (6) Grassland: acidic, upland (4) Built-up areas (2) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Park lawns (2) Scrub (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Woodland: mixed (2) Acid grassland: unimproved (1) Bog (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Coastland: grey dunes (1) Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Heathland (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Sand-dune (1) Sand-dune: dune grassland (1) Sand-dune: dune slack (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (34) Soil (27) Sand (1) Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records: January (1) May (3) August (3) September (15) October (58) November (39)