Blue Pinkgill

Entoloma nitidum – Poisonous

Damp coniferous and mixed forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 3-6 cm across, conical at first, later flattened with a conspicuous blunt umbo, the margin bent downwards, finely fibrillose, greyish-blue, the central part blackish-blue, fading. Young gills white, later pink, brownish-pink, adnexed. Stem 3-7 (10)x0.2-0.7 cm, thickened in the middle, tapering towards the base, the colour of the cap, whitish at the base. Flesh thin, white, bluish under the cuticle, with a faint smell of flour. Characteristic features: stem tapering, spores almost round. Grows singly in old mixed spruce forests, in grassy places, favouring acidic soil. Very rare, should be classed as protected.