Entoloma quadratum

Entoloma quadratum is a species of agaric fungus in the family Entolomataceae. The fungus was originally described as Agaricus quadratus by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1859;^[3] Egon Horak transferred it to Entoloma in 1976.^[4] It is found in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.^[5]

Entoloma quadratum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Entolomataceae
Genus:	Entoloma
Species:	E. quadratum
Binomial name
Entoloma quadratum (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) E.Horak (1976)
Synonyms[1]
Agaricus quadratus Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1859) Nolanea quadrata (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Sacc. (1887) Inocephalus quadratus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) T.J.Baroni (2000)[2]

References

1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Entoloma quadratum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) E. Horak". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
2. Baroni TJ, Halling RE (2000). "Some Entolomataceae (Agaricales) from Costa Rica". Brittonia. 52 (2): 121–35. doi:10.2307/2666502. JSTOR 2666502. S2CID 8631469.
3. Berkeley MJ, Curtis MA (1859). "Centuries of North American fungi". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (III): 284–96. doi:10.1080/00222935908697127.
4. Horak E. (1976). "On cuboid-spored species of Entoloma (Agaricales)". Sydowia. 28 (1–6): 190.
5. Zhishu B, Zheng G, Taihui L (1993). The Macrofungus Flora of China's Guangdong Province. New York, New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 360–1. ISBN 9789622015562.

External links

• Entoloma quadratum in Index Fungorum