Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Entolomataceae: Entoloma bloxamii (Berk. & Broome) Sacc.

Entoloma bloxamii – big blue pinkgill

Synonyms: Agaricus bloxamii, Entoloma madidum, Rhodophyllus bloxamii.

Common names: big blue pinkgill, Bloxam's Entoloma.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Entoloma bloxamii, commonly known as the big blue pinkgill, is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Entolomataceae.

Basque: Azpiarrosa handi ubel, Czech: Závojenka vlhká, Estonian: Bloxami punalehik, Hungarian: Ibolyakék döggomba, Polish: Dzwonkówka szarofioletowa, Swedish: Blårödling.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Blue pinkgill mushroom Entoloma bloxamii found by N. after walking near a lake, near a rotting pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2025

Top view of a blue pinkgill mushroom Entoloma bloxamii found near a rotting pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2025

Side view of a blue pinkgill mushroom Entoloma bloxamii found near a rotting pine on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2025

Gills of a blue pinkgill mushroom Entoloma bloxamii in a pine forest on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2025

Close-up of a blue pinkgill mushroom Entoloma bloxamii in a pine forest on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2025

Blue pinkgill mushroom Entoloma bloxamii from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2025

Blue cap of a pinkgill mushroom Entoloma bloxamii from on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2025

Gills of a pinkgill mushroom Entoloma bloxamii from on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2025

Section of a pinkgill mushroom Entoloma bloxamii from on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2025

Spores (in KOH) of a pinkgill mushroom Entoloma bloxamii collected from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2025

Spores (in lugol) of a pinkgill mushroom Entoloma bloxamii collected from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2025

Basidia (in Congo Red, with x40 objective) of a pinkgill mushroom Entoloma bloxamii collected from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2025

Basidia (in Congo Red, with x100 objective) of a pinkgill mushroom Entoloma bloxamii collected from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2025

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.
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