Yellowing Knight

Tricholoma scalpturatum

Forests, parks, gardens, squares. End of summer, especially autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 3-5 (7) cm across, when young conical, later flattened, with an umbo, not fleshy, finely fibrous-scaly, grey, brownish-grey; in old ones the margins are yellowish. Gills whitish, adnexed, adnate. Stem 2-5x0.3-1 cm, fragile, white, later grey, brownish, turning yellowish. Flesh thin, greyish, pleasant in taste, with a faint mealy smell. Characteristic features: similar to the Grey Knight and other grey-coloured knights, only its fruiting bodies are more delicate and turn yellowish. Grows in groups, under birches and pines, likes open places. Edible, tasty.