| Entoloma cf. vernum |
| Note the small, aborted mushroom growing at base of stem. This illustrates how mushrooms are 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 indicative of many Entoloma mushrooms. Nolanea verna is a synonym. |
| The many-sided spores of Entolma vernum. |
| See Mycelium at Glossary of Mycological Terms MushroomExpert.Com |
