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Livid pinkgill

Entoloma sinuatum · Pinkgills (Entoloma)

Poisonous
Livid pinkgill
📷 Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Poisonous. Causes violent, long-lasting gastrointestinal poisoning; one of the most frequent poisoning mushrooms.

Recognise it safely – what matters

  1. Yellowish, later salmon-pink gills
  2. No ring, no bulb
  3. Mealy smell – never rely on that alone

Features

Cap
6–20 cm, greyish to yellowish white, silky, margin inrolled for a long time.
Underside
Gills: yellowish when young, later salmon pink.
Stem
White, stout, without ring or bulb.
Flesh
White
Smell
Mealy
Spore print
Pink

Season

Habitat

Broadleaf forests on chalky soil, under beech and oak, often in groups or rings.

Bøk, Eik

Risk of confusion

Mai-rødhatt Edible species St George's mushroom grows in spring and has white gills that never turn pink. Fiolett rorhat Edible species The wood blewit is lilac and smells perfumed.

If someone has eaten it

Violent vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach cramps; in children and older people the loss of fluids can become dangerous. First symptoms: usually 30 minutes to 4 hours after eating.

Act immediately – even without symptoms:

  • Emergency number 112 if someone feels unwell.
  • Poison centre: Germany – area code of the nearest city with a poison centre + 19240 (e.g. Berlin 030 19240, Munich 089 19240) · Austria +43 1 406 43 43 · Switzerland 145.
  • Keep leftovers, trimmings or vomit – it helps with identification.

Never identify mushrooms by pictures or an app alone. When in doubt, ask a mushroom expert – and only pick what you know for sure.

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