Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Entolomataceae: Entoloma abortivum (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Donk

Entoloma abortivum – shrimp of the woods

Synonyms: Agaricus abortivus, Clitopilus abortivus, Pleuropus abortivus, Rhodocybe abortiva, Rhodophyllus abortivum.

Common names: shrimp of the woods, aborted entoloma, Abortive Entoloma.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Entoloma abortivum, commonly known as the aborted entoloma or shrimp of the woods, 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.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Normal and malformed fruiting bodies of aborted entoloma mushrooms (Entoloma abortivum, Clitopilus abortivus) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2013
Kirby Nature Trail, Kountze, TX 77625, USA

Gastroid or atavistic aberration of fruiting bodies of aborted entoloma mushrooms (Hunter's Heart, Totlcoxcatl, or ground prunes, sweetbread, popcorn balls, Entoloma abortivum, Clitopilus abortivus) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2013
Farm to Market Road 420, Kountze, TX 77625, USA

Malformed fruiting bodies of aborted entoloma mushrooms (Hunter's Heart, Totlcoxcatl, or ground prunes, sweetbread, popcorn balls, Entoloma abortivum, Clitopilus abortivus) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2013
Farm to Market Road 420, Kountze, TX 77625, USA

Normal form of aborted entoloma mushrooms (Entoloma abortivum, Clitopilus abortivus) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2013
Farm to Market Road 420, Kountze, TX 77625, USA

Malformed fruiting bodies of aborted entoloma mushrooms (Hunter s Heart, Totlcoxcatl, or ground prunes, sweetbread, popcorn balls, Entoloma abortivum, Clitopilus abortivus) on the trail near tree roots on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, December 7, 2019
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

Dissected aborted entoloma mushrooms (Entoloma abortivum, Clitopilus abortivus) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, December 7, 2019
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

Aborted entoloma mushrooms (Entoloma abortivum, Clitopilus abortivus, one Armillaria mushroom was found nearby) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, December 7, 2019
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

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