About Entoloma rodwayi (Massee) E.Horak
The cap of Entoloma rodwayi reaches up to 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter. It starts out conical or convex, and flattens out as the mushroom ages, with a depression sometimes forming at the centre. When dried, the mushroom changes colour from its original yellow-green to a vivid blue-green. This species can be mistaken for other green mushrooms, including the larger, more solid Cortinarius austrovenetus, and several Hygrocybe species that have slimy caps. Entoloma rodwayi can be distinguished from these lookalikes by its pink gills, where the gill edges are the same colour as the gill sides. Spore prints made from Entoloma rodwayi spores are pink. Viewed under a microscope, the spores are angular and measure 10 by 7 μm. Entoloma rodwayi grows in temperate rainforest and wet mixed forest, and it is considered somewhat rare. It has been officially recorded at Mount Wellington, located just outside Hobart, where it occurs alongside 50 other Entoloma species.
