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

Synonyms:

Agaricus conferendus Entoloma conferendum Entoloma conferendum var. rickenii Entoloma pascuum Entoloma staurosporum Nolanea conferenda Nolanea proletaria Nolanea rickenii Nolanea staurospora Rhodophyllus rickenii Rhodophyllus staurosporus Tagell Binc Sbôr Serog

Common Name:

Star Pinkgill

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Carex (19) Fagus sylvatica (4) Poaceae (3) Poa (3) Picea (2) Quercus (1) Musci (1) Corylus avellana (1) Pinaceae (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Acid grassland: semi-improved (11) Acid grassland (6) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (6) Woodland (5) Woodland and scrub (5) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5) Woodland: mixed (3) Dry heath/acid grassland (2) Grassland: acidic, upland (2) Neutral grassland (2) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Park lawns (2) Parkland and scattered trees (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Scrub (2) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation (2) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Acid grassland: unimproved (1) Bog (1) Bog: raised (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Built-up areas (1) Dry dwarf shrub heath (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Heathland (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Montane heath/dwarf forb (1) Poor semi-improved (1) Sand-dune (1) Sand-dune: dune grassland (1) Wet heath/acid grassland (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (46) Soil (38) Soil Mossy (4) Soil Leaves (2) Sand (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (2) May (4) July (2) August (11) September (24) October (99) November (54)