Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Entolomataceae
Species: Entoloma rhodopolium (Fr.) P. Kumm.
Synonyms: Agaricus rhodopolius
Entoloma rhodopolium f. rhodopolium
Entoloma rhodopolium var. pseudopolitum
Entoloma rhodopolium var. rhodopolium
Entoloma speculum
Rhodophyllus rhodopolius
Tagell Binc y Coed
Common Name: Wood Pinkgill


A grassland indicator species
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Entoloma rhodopoliumPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Corylus avellana (5)
Betula (2)
Fagus sylvatica (2)
Populus tremula (1)
Carex (1)
Alnus (1)
Betula nana (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland (15)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5)
Bog: raised (1)
Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Swamp (1)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (9)
Soil Grassy (3)
Leaf Litter (2)
Soil Leaves (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
August (8)
September (13)
October (14)
November (1)