Entoloma chalybeum var lazulinum (Fr.) Noordel.
(an indigo pinkgill)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
VarietyEntoloma chalybeum var lazulinum (an indigo pinkgill)
SpeciesEntoloma chalybeum (Indigo 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 chalybeum var lazulinum (an indigo pinkgill) :
1: Entoloma chalybeum var lazulinum (an indigo pinkgill)
11 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: CapsImage 5: Caps (2)Image 6: Cap - side-viewImage 7: Cap surface - close-upImage 8: Cap - young - LSImage 9: FruitbodiesImage 10: Fruitbodies - youngImage 11: FruitbodyImage 12: Fruitbody - LSImage 13: GillsImage 14: Gills (2)Image 15: Gills (3)Image 16: Gills - close-upImage 17: Stipes - close-upImage 18: SporesImage 19: Spores (2)
2: Entoloma chalybeum var lazulinum (an indigo pinkgill)
11 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 surface - close-upImage 6: Cap - undersideImage 7: FruitbodiesImage 8: Fruitbodies (2)Image 9: Fruitbodies (3)Image 10: Fruitbodies - LSImage 11: GillsImage 12: StipeImage 13: Stipe base - close-upImage 14: Stipe - close-upImage 15: CheilocystidiaImage 16: CheilocystidiumImage 17: SporesImage 18: Spores (2)Image 19: Spores (3)
3: Entoloma chalybeum var lazulinum (an indigo pinkgill)
11 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: CapsImage 6: Cap surface - close-upImage 7: Cap - undersideImage 8: Cap - underside (2)Image 9: FruitbodiesImage 10: Fruitbodies (2)Image 11: Fruitbodies (3)Image 12: Fruitbodies (4)Image 13: Fruitbody - LSImage 14: GillsImage 15: SporesImage 16: Spores (2)Image 17: Spores (3)

Entoloma chalybeum var lazulinum (an indigo pinkgill) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Entoloma chalybeum var lazulinum (an indigo pinkgill)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Entoloma chalybeum var lazulinum (an indigo pinkgill)

A dark-blue Leptonia with a pellucid-striate and slightly squamulose cap. It is distinguished from the type only by the cap being pellucid-striate and less distinctly squamulose. The toadstool is found among grass and in moss in semi-natural grasslands, meadows and pastures. It is widespread and not uncommon.

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