Blue/Grey fungus

[waxcap]

Hi, I've tried to i.d. this one but to no avail. Any pointers would be welcome.

It is around 2.5cm across and about the same in height. The cap is bell shaped and smooth and is a blue grey colour. It has a short club-shaped stipe also mosly blue/grey with some cream. The Gills seem free and crowded and are very pale cream. There's hardly any smell but what there is is slightly mealy.

I looked at the Grey Knight but that has a white stem and a felty cap and I can't match it to any other Tricholoma that I've found.

[flaxton]

Put the cap on a piece of white paper overnight and let us know if the spore print is white or pink.

Mal

[waxcap]

Thanks for the reply (and the hint Flaxton) .

I'm taking a spore print overnight. I'm now thinking it's Entoloma bloxamii The Big Blue Pinkgill. I've had a look at Bioimages and it's a dead ringer.

Dave

[waxcap]

Here's one more image.

[waxcap]

Here's the spore print.

[flaxton]

That looks good to me even though I have never seen it myself.

Mal

[waxcap]

Thanks Mal.

It wasn't in any of my books and in stature it looked more like a Knight than a pinkgill. I'm pleased with that one.

Dave

[Ken Burgess]

Originally Posted by waxcap

Thanks Mal.

It wasn't in any of my books and in stature it looked more like a Knight than a pinkgill. I'm pleased with that one.

Dave

Yes, this is Entoloma bloxamii. A nice find. I have only found it a couple of times myself.

Ken