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Entoloma bloxamiiPhoto: David HarriesBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Medium sized agaric with violet or grey-blue cap, concolorous stem and pinkish gills; solitary or in trooping groups in unimproved grasslands including meadows and dry lawns.Dimensions: Cap 4-8cm dia; stem 4-6cm tall x 1.0-2.5cm dia. Cap: Dark violet to grey-blue or grey-brown when old; conical when young then expanded campanulate with distinct umbo, margin acute and incurved for a long time, projecting somewhat; flesh white, blue beneath the cuticle, thin at the margin. Gills: Whitish when young then cream-pink to pallid pinkish-brown, broad, narrowly adnate, edges smooth. Stem: Dark blue with some whitish fibrils, base often white tomentose, equal, solid when young, hollow when old. |
Spores: Reddish-brown, with 5-6 angles, 6-9 x 6-8 µm . Basidia (2 or) 4 spored; cystidia absent. Odour: Rancid. Taste: Slightly radishy. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Autumn. |
| Qualifying criterion: 1: internationally threatened species |
| Justification: threatened in over 50% of the countries within its European range |
| Threats: agricultural changes, afforestation, neglect of grassland habitats |
| Action Required: grassland ecology research; survey and monitoring; protection against habitat loss and degradation. |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records |
Total records: 237 |
| Earliest recording: 1851 (some undated 18xx) | |
| Latest recording: 2007 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 2(2); 3(1); 6(13); 11(8); 12(1); 13(3); 14(5); 16(12); 17(1); 22(7); 23(5); 34(3); 35(4); 36(4); 37(7); 39(1); 40(6); 41(3); 42(4); 45(25); 49(6); 55(8); 57(2); 60(6); 62(3); 64(9); 69(1); 74(2); 77(2); 78(2); 79(1); 92(2); 96(10); 97(3); 104(6); 105(1); 108(10); 110(7) | |
| Pre-1960: 41 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 196 records |