Entoloma abortivum
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Entoloma abortivum, commonly known as the aborted entoloma, is an edible
mushroom in the Entolomataceae
family of fungi. First named Clitopilus abortivus by Miles Joseph Berkeley
and Moses Ashley Curtis
, it was given its current name by the Dutch mycologist Marinus Anton Donk in 1949.
Edible mushroom
Edible mushrooms are the fleshy and edible fruiting bodies of several species of fungi. Mushrooms belong to the macrofungi, because their fruiting structures are large enough to be seen with the naked eye. They can appear either below ground or above ground where they may be picked by hand...
mushroom in the Entolomataceae
Entolomataceae
The Entolomataceae, also known as Rhodophyllaceae are a large family of pink spored terrestrial gilled mushrooms which includes the genera Entoloma, Rhodocybe, and Clitopilus. The family collectively contains over 1500 species, the large majority of which are in Entoloma...
family of fungi. First named Clitopilus abortivus by Miles Joseph Berkeley
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Miles Joseph Berkeley was an English cryptogamist and clergyman, and one of the founders of the science of plant pathology....
and Moses Ashley Curtis
Moses Ashley Curtis
Moses Ashley Curtis was a noted American botanist.Curtis was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and educated at Williams College in Massachusetts. After graduating, he became a tutor for the children of former Governor Edward Bishop Dudley in Wilmington, North Carolina, returning to Massachusetts...
, it was given its current name by the Dutch mycologist Marinus Anton Donk in 1949.