Aromatic Pinkgill vs Bad-smelling Alkanet

Entoloma pleopodium compared with Alkanna maleolens

Key Differences

• Aromatic Pinkgill is Least Concern while Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Aromatic Pinkgill	Bad-smelling Alkanet
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Entolomataceae	Boraginaceae
Genus	Entoloma	Alkanna
Species	Entoloma pleopodium	Alkanna maleolens

Conservation Status

Aromatic Pinkgill

LC — Least Concern

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Aromatic Pinkgill	Bad-smelling Alkanet
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Aromatic Pinkgill

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Aromatic Pinkgill

The Aromatic Pinkgill, Entoloma pleopodium, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.