This large family, with over 60 named species in New Zealand. and plenty more yet to be named, is mostly saprobic fungi. Found growing on the ground or, occasionally, on decaying wood. They are separated from other agarics by their salmon-pink angular spores, which colour the gills at maturity. They are a diverse group in size and colour, which makes them a challenge to identify and, without a microscope, almost impossible, except for a few brightly coloured species.

With the publication of "Agaricales of New Zealand One," covering the pink spored fungi, it has become obvious that there are still a lot more Entoloma species that have not yet been described. Below are a few of those that I am reasonably sure fall into this category.