Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Entolomataceae
Species: Entoloma rhodopolium (Fr.) P. Kumm.

Synonyms:

Agaricus nidorosus Agaricus rhodopolius Entoloma nidorosum Entoloma rhodopolium forma nidorosum Entoloma rhodopolium forma rhodopolium Entoloma rhodopolium var. nidorosum Entoloma rhodopolium var. pseudopolitum Entoloma rhodopolium var. rhodopolium Entoloma speculum Rhodophyllus nidorosus Rhodophyllus rhodopolius

Common Name:

Wood Pinkgill

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Corylus avellana (5) Fagus sylvatica (3) Betula (2) Carex (1) Alnus (1) Salix (1) Betula nana (1) Quercus petraea (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland (17) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (9) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (3) Woodland: mixed (3) Marsh/marshy grassland (2) Parkland and scattered trees (2) Bog: raised (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Scrub (1) Swamp (1) Woodland and scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (11) Leaf Litter (2) Soil Grassy (2) Soil Leaves (2)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (4) August (8) September (19) October (19) November (1)