Entoloma bloxami (Berk. & Broome) Sacc.
Syll. Fung. 5: 684. 1887.

Common Name: none

Misapplied name: Entoloma madidum

• Pileus

  Cap 5-13 cm broad, convex, becoming plane, umbonate; dark bluish-grey, subviscid, wrinkled to fibrillose-streaked; flesh thick, white, unchanging, odor farinaceous.

• Lamellae

  Gills adnexed to notched, close, white to pale blue, becoming pinkish as spores mature.

• Stipe

  Stipe 5-11 cm long, 1.5-3 cm thick, equal to tapered at base, streaked bluish-grey above, pallid to whitish below; veil absent.

• Spores

  Spores 7-8.5 x 6-7.5 µm, oval to nearly round, angular. Spore print salmon-pink.

• Habitat

  Scattered to gregarious in mixed hardwood conifer forests from late fall through mid-winter.

• Edibility

  Edible. Proceed with caution, since most Entolomas are poisonous and because local experience with this mushroom is still limited.

• Comments

  Entoloma bloxami is a large, robust mushroom with a steel blue-grey subviscid cap, usually bluish gills with pinkish tones, and a bluish-grey streaked stipe. It has an aspect that resembles a Tricholoma or Russula, but is easily distinguished by its salmon-pink spore color.

• References

  Largent, D.L. (1994). Entolomatoid Fungi of the Western United States and Alaska. Mad River Press: Eureka, CA. 516 p.
  Noordeloos, M.E. (1992). Entoloma s.l. (Funghi Europaei, vol. 5). Giovanna Biella: Saronno. 760 p.
  Noordeloos, M.E. (2004). Entoloma s.l. Supplement (Funghi Europaei, vol. 5A). Ediziona Candusso: Alassio. 618 p.
  

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  • Taylor F. Lockwood: Entoloma bloxami (CP)
  • Taylor F. Lockwood: Entoloma bloxami (CP)
  • Taylor F. Lockwood: Entoloma bloxami (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Entoloma bloxami (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Entoloma bloxami (CP)
  • Boleslaw Kuznik—Hunting for Mushrooms: Entoloma bloxami (CP)
  • Mushroom Observer: Entoloma bloxami (CP)
  • MushroomExpert.com: Entoloma bloxami (D & CP)
  • Arora (1986): p. 243 (D), plate 51 (C) [Entoloma madidum]
  • Breitenbach & Kränzlin (vol. 4): sp. 12 (D, I, & CP)
  • Largent (1994): p. 306 (D), p. 307 (I), p. 479 (CP)
  • Lincoff: p. 642 (D), plate 369 (CP) [Entoloma madidum]
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)