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Leptonia

Fungi

Family: Entolomataceae

6 species in the Library

About

Leptonia is a subgenus of fungi in the genus Entoloma. Called pinkgills in English, basidiocarps are agaricoid, mostly mycenoid with slender stems. All have salmon-pink basidiospores which colour the gills at maturity and are angular (polyhedral) under a microscope. Recent DNA evidence has shown that at least 12 species belong in Leptonia in temperate Europe and Asia.

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