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

Synonyms:

Agaricus porphyrophaeus Entoloma jubatum Rhodophyllus porphyrophaeum Rhodophyllus porphyrophaeus Trichopilus porphyrophaeus

Common Name:

Lilac Pinkgill

A grassland indicator species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Carex (3) Platanus x hispanica (2) Pinus (1) Poa (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Neutral grassland: semi-improved (9) Acid grassland: semi-improved (4) Built up area, domestic (4) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (4) Acid grassland (3) Neutral grassland: unimproved (3) Parkland and scattered trees (3) Woodland (2) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1) Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris-Thymus praecox grassland (1) Grassland and marsh (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1) Holcus lanatus-Juncus effusus rush-pasture (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Scrub (1) Scrub: scattered (1) Woodland and scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (30) Soil (10) Soil Mossy (3)

Months recorded in & number of records: August (4) September (13) October (44) November (10)