E. Horak
A fragile white to pale beige entoloma with a translucently striate cap, farinaceous odour, capitate cystidia, and 5–7-angled spores, occurring on soil and rotting wood in New Zealand forests.
Pileus: 12-25(-30) mm wide, obtusely conical when young, later convex, finally expanded to applanate, occasionally with a slight central depression. Colour white, gradually ageing to pale beige or clay‑pink. Surface silky to finely fibrillose, dry, membranous, and fragile. Margin strongly translucent‑striate.
Lamellae: 24-36 reaching the stipe, with 3-5 tiers of lamellulae; adnexed to adnate, ventricose, up to 3 mm broad. Initially white or pallid, becoming pink. Edges entire to slightly fimbriate, concolorous.
Stipe: (20-) 25-45 x 2-4 mm, cylindrical, equal or slightly swollen at the base; smooth or innately fibrillose; base with white mycelium or rhizomorphs. Dry, solid when young, becoming hollow with age. Solitary.
Context: white, unchanging.
Odour/taste: Odour farinaceous, taste farinaceous.
Common name: None
Habitat: Lowland podocarp-broadleaf, Nothofagus and Myrtaceae forests.
Substrate: Soil
Distribution:
New Zealand
Season: Autumn to early winter
Biostatus: Endemic to New Zealand
Edible: No
Spore print: Pink