Entoloma caesiocinctum (Kühner) Noordel.
(Blue-girdled Pinkgill)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEntoloma caesiocinctum (Blue-girdled Pinkgill)
SubgenusEntoloma (Leptonia) (a group of toadstools)
GenusEntoloma (pinkgills)
FamilyENTOLOMATACEAE (pinkgills)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Entoloma caesiocinctum (Blue-girdled Pinkgill) :
1: Entoloma caesiocinctum (Blue-girdled Pinkgill)
8 Oct 1998 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap (2)Image 3: Cap - LSImage 4: Cap - LS (2)Image 5: Cap - young - LSImage 6: Cap - young - LS (2)Image 7: FruitbodiesImage 8: Fruitbodies (2)Image 9: Fruitbodies - undersideImage 10: Fruitbody - LSImage 11: Fruitbody - LS (2)Image 12: Fruitbody - undersideImage 13: Fruitbody - young - LSImage 14: GillsImage 15: Gills (2)Image 16: CheilocystidiaImage 17: Cheilocystidia (2)Image 18: Cheilocystidia (3)Image 19: Cheilocystidia (4)Image 20: Cheilocystidia (5)

Entoloma caesiocinctum (Blue-girdled Pinkgill) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Entoloma caesiocinctum (Blue-girdled Pinkgill)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Entoloma caesiocinctum (Blue-girdled Pinkgill)

A bluish brown Leptonia with a pellucid-striate fibrillose cap that is often tinged blue towards the margin and beautiful powder-blue gills with a dark blue line along the edge. It is found in grassland and meadows on acid peaty soils or in Sphagnum bogs, occasionally in xerophytic calcareous grasslands. It is widespread but uncommon.

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