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Found scattered or in clusters on ground near rotting wood in mixed woods (J. Solem, pers. comm.). "Aborted fruiting bodies actually result from the growth of Armillaria (honey mushroom) attacking the fruiting bodies of the Entoloma. However, some recent studies now suggest that it is the Entoloma which attacks the fruiting bodies of the honey mushroom. Nevertheless, In all my years of finding this mushroom, I have never observed the honey mushroom fruiting among the aborted bodies. Sam Ristich, my mycological guru, was able to grow-out both myceliums from a single aborted body on agar plates." (L. Biechele, pers. comm.)

Cap: Pale gray/gray-brown, convex with low umbo, inrolled edge. Gills: grayish (pinkish in age), close, subdecurrent. Stalk: Whitish/gray, base usually enlarged and coated with white mycelium. Aborted fruiting bodies: White with pink streaks, usually in clusters; flesh spongy. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)