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Entoloma hochstetteri
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Entoloma hochstetteri, also known as the blue pinkgill, sky-blue mushroom or similar names, is a species of mushroom that is native to New Zealand. The small mushroom is a distinctive all-blue colour, while the gills have a slight reddish tint from the spores. The blue colouring of the fruit body is due to azulene pigments.[1] Whether Entoloma hochstetteri is poisonous or not is unknown.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Entolomataceae |
Genus: | Entoloma |
Species: | E. hochstetteri |
Binomial name | |
Entoloma hochstetteri (Reich.) G.Stev. | |
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![]() | Gills on hymenium |
![]() | Cap is convex |
![]() | Hymenium is adnate |
![]() | Stipe is bare |
![]() | Spore print is pink |
![]() | Ecology is saprotrophic |
![]() | Edibility is unknown |
This species was one of six native fungi featured in a set of fungal stamps issued in New Zealand in 2002.[2][3] It is also featured on the New Zealand fifty-dollar note.[4] With E. hochstetteri's inclusion, this makes it the only banknote in the world which features a mushroom on it.[5] In a 2018 poll, E. hochstetteri was ranked first by Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research for its pick as New Zealand's national fungus.[6]