Entoloma consanguineum
E. Horak 2008
Description:
A small, pale, finely fibrillose species with a distinctive pale blue to grey‑blue stipe and 5–6‑angled spores. The combination of isabel‑buff pileus colours, pallid‑to‑pink lamellae, and absence of cystidia places it among the more delicate blue‑stiped Entoloma taxa of New Zealand’s

Pileus: 15-20 mm, at first hemispherical, soon convex to expanded with a slightly depressed centre. Colour isabel, buff, or pale argillaceous, paler toward the weakly translucent‑striate margin. Surface finely innate‑fibrillose throughout, thin, dry.
Lamellae: broadly adnate to subdecurrent with a short tooth, 16-24 reaching the stipe, with 1-3 lamellulae. Up to 2.5 mm wide. Initially pallid, gradually becoming pale pink with age. Edges entire, concolorous.
Stipe: 30-50 x 1-1.5(-2) mm, cylindrical, equal, slender and stiff. Colour pale blue to pale grey‑blue, with white basal mycelium. Surface smooth, dry, solid. Solitary.
Context: pale grey‑blue in pileus; pale ochre‑brown in stipe base.
Odour/taste: not distinctive.

Common name: None
Habitat: Lowland podocarp-broadleaf forest
Substrate: Soil
Distribution: North Island
Season: Autumn to early winter
Biostatus: Endemic to New Zealand
Edible: No
Spore print: Pink
Macro images:
Entoloma consanguineum
Scale bar
PDD 112345    Scale= 4 mm.
 
Entoloma consanguineum
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Scale= 3.7 mm.
 
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