Entoloma strictum
G. Stev.
Description:
Deep blue, velvety, farinaceous species with a straight squamulose stipe and 5–6-angled spores; in mossy Myrtaceae forest.

Pileus: 10–20(–25) mm diam., campanulate to umbonate‑plane, the margin exceeding the lamellae and often incurved. Colour deep blue, surface velvety or finely fibrillose, dry, not striate and not hygrophanous.
Lamellae: (L 12–16, l 3) adnexed, emarginate, or decurrent—the latter especially in older basidiomes. Colour pink, with concolorous edges.
Stipe: 20–80 × 2 mm, cylindrical, straight, deep blue, densely covered with darker pustulate squamules or fibrils; dry.
Context: blue in the pileus and upper stipe, whitish at the base.
Odour/taste: strongly farinaceous.

Common name: None
Habitat: Myrtaceae forest
Substrate: Soil
Distribution: New Zealand
Season: Autumn to early winter
Biostatus: Endemic to New Zealand
Edible: No
Spore print: Pink
Macro images:
Entoloma strictum
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PDD 87846    Scale= 5.5 mm.
 
Entoloma strictum
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Scale= 5.5 mm.
 
Entoloma strictum
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Scale= 5.5 mm.
The blue colour is a little striking I have not found many of these to tell which is the norm.
Entoloma strictum
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Scale= 4.5 mm.
 
Entoloma strictum
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Scale= 6 mm.
Micro images:
Entoloma strictum
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Magnification = 400x
Pileus: A trichoderm of short cylindrical hyphae 10 to 20 µm long with pigment
Entoloma strictum
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Magnification = 1000x
Basida: Size 35-45 x 10-12 µm. 4 spored.
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Magnification= 1000x
Spores: 5 to 6-angled. Size 10-12 x 6-8 µm.
 
 
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