1	Pileus grey to greyish-brown	2
–	Pileus white to pinkish-white	3
2	Basidiospores 8–9.5 (–10) × (5.5) 6–7 µm. Occurring on bark-wood of Castanopsis and/or on soil	E. reductum
–	Basidiospores 9–10 × 6–6.5 µm. Occurring on decayed stumps of Betula	Entoloma byssisedum var. microsporum
3	Basidiospores 8.5–10 (–10.5) × 7.5–9 µm, subisodiameteric to isodiameteric	E. pleurotoides
–	Basidiospores smaller, heterodiameteric	4
4	Reported from tropical lowland rain forest. Basidiospores 8–9 × 6–7 µm. On soil	E. crepidotoides
–	Reported from xerophytic or from montane habitat	5
5	Basidiospores 8–10 × 6.5–7.5 µm. Basidiomes white at first becoming yellowish to orange with age. On living stem, on fallen branches of conifers or on soil	E. conchatum
–	Basidiospores narrower, on living or decaying hardwoods	6
6	Basidiomes white at first becoming yellowish to orange with age. On decaying debris of fagalean tree.	E. flabellatum
–	Basidiomes persistently white. Amongst moss at base of living Castanopsis	E. gregarium