Entoloma gasteromycetoides
Co-David & Noordel. 2009
A distinctive secotioid Entoloma, recognised by its white to cream tuberiform carpophores, labyrinthiform pink gleba, and rhomboid spores. The absence of a true stipe, lack of columella, and negative chemical reactions help separate it from other gasteroid or secotioid Entoloma in New Zealand.
Carpophores: 3-24 mm diam., globose to irregularly tuberiform, often folded near the base. Colour pure white, later pallid cream to ochraceous. Surface smooth, dry. Peridium enclosing the gleba, though in old specimens it may split and expose the gleba.
Gleba: irregularly labyrinthiform, the loculi not radially arranged; cells up to 2 mm diam. Columella absent or rudimentary. Colour vivid pink, later pallid ferruginous; not gelatinous.
Stipe: absent or present as a short cylindrical base, concolorous with the peridium; no rhizoids.
Odour/taste: not distinctive.
Common name: None
Habitat: Lowland podocarp-broadleaf forest
Substrate: On ground among litter
Distribution:
Lowland podocarp-broadleaf forest
Season: Autumn to early winter
Biostatus: Endemic to New Zealand
Edible: No
Spore print: Pink