White-brown Knight

Tricholoma albobrunneum

Pine forests, sandy places not overgrown with moss. Autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 5-8 (10) cm across, reddish-brown, chestnut-coloured, with blackish streaks, not fleshy. Gills white, edges brown-spotted, adnate. Stem 3- 6x0.5-1.5 cm, white. Flesh bitter-tasting, smelling of flour. Characteristic features: grows in coniferous forests, especially sandy pine forests, in groups; the cap, and sometimes the stem, very sandy. Common. Mildly poisonous; some sources mention it as inedible.