Definition of Entoloma

1. Noun. Agarics with pink spores but lacking both volva and annulus (includes some that are poisonous).

Exact synonyms: Genus Entoloma
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Entolomataceae, Family Entolomataceae
Member holonyms: Entoloma Lividum, Entoloma Sinuatum, Entoloma Aprile

Lexicographical Neighbors of Entoloma

Entemopoxvirus
Enter
Enterobacter
Enterobacter aerogenes
Enterobacteriaceae
Enterobius vermicularis
Enterocytozoon
Enterocytozoon bieneusi
Enterolobium
Enterolobium cyclocarpa
Enteromonas
Enterprise Java Beans
Enters
Entner-Douderoff pathway
Entner-Doudoroff pathway
Entoloma (current term)
Entoloma aprile
Entoloma lividum
Entoloma sinuatum
Entolomataceae
Entomophthoraceae
Entomophthorales
Entonox
Entryphone
Entryphones
Entscheidungsproblem
Entsi
Entsy
Enuki
Enuma Elish

Literary usage of Entoloma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Mr. Worthington Smith gives the following account of the sensations experienced after having eaten of the poisonous Agaricus (Entoloma) ..."

2. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1869)
"... s (Entoloma) jn da- tui, Fr.; 2, section of ditto ; 3, spores of ditto, x 700 diam. ; 4, 5, ... Entoloma ..."

3. The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our by Nina Lovering Marshall (1901)
"GENUS Entoloma The members of this genus have pink spores, and the lamella; attached to the stem, or with a notch near the junction of gill and stem. ..."

4. A Preliminary Report on the Hymeniales of Connecticut by Edward Albert White (1905)
"The attachment of the gills to the stem should be carefully noted, so that the genus be not confused with Entoloma of this same rosy-spored group. ..."

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