''Nolanea claviformis'', or ''Entoloma claviforme'', is a

mushroom A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. ''Toadstool'' generally denotes one poisonous to humans. The standard for the name "mushroom" is t ...

in the family

Entolomataceae The Entolomataceae, also known as Rhodophyllaceae, are a large family of pink-spored terrestrial gilled mushrooms which includes the genera ''Entoloma'', '' Rhodocybe'', and ''Clitopilus''. The family collectively contains over 1500 species, the ...

. Described as new to science in 2014, it is found in

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

, where it fruits on

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under ''

Dicymbe corymbosa ''Dicymbe'' is a genus of 20 species of canopy trees in the family Fabaceae, within subfamily Detarioideae. It is found throughout the Guyana Shield region and parts of W Amazonia. Certain species within the genus are strongly associated with e ...

''. The type was collected in the Potaro-Siparuni region, in the Pakaraima Mountains, at an elevation of . The

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''claviformis''/''claviforme'' (club-shaped) refers to the shape of its stipe. Although it was originally described under the genus name ''Nolanea'', this is nowadays generally regarded as a sub-genus of ''Entoloma'', and so the current name is ''Entoloma claviforme''.

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* Entolomataceae Fungi described in 2014 Fungi of Guyana {{Agaricales-stub