| Entoloma vernum |
| Note the small, aborted mushroom growing at base of stem. This illustrates how mushrooms are sometimes formed by mycelia, which is made up of microscopic hyphae that emerge from the ground (or other substrate) and through cell modification create a stem, cap, gills and, most importantly, spore producing cells. |
| Entoloma vernum is found frequently during morel season (April and May) growing from the ground; pink spore print. The pointed cap is also distinctive. |
| The many-sided spores of Entolma vernum. |
| See spore characteristics at The Entoloma Website |
| See Mycelium at Glossary of Mycological Terms MushroomExpert.Com |