- Cap convex to expanded, white, silky-shiny, often with pinkish-red spots, with an uneven and wavy margin.
- Gills adnexed, notched, white.
- Stem white, sometimes with blue-green spots towards the stem base.
- Flesh white, with a faint farinaceous smell and taste.
Tricholomatoid agarics
Blue Spot Knight
Tricholoma columbetta
LC
Least concern
Edible
5 images
Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with oak and birch in deciduous woodland in southern and central Nordic region.
Notes
There are many dangerously poisonous mushrooms among white-gilled fungi, so do not pick Tricholoma columbetta unless you are completely certain of your identification.
Similar species
The pinkish-red spots on the cap and the blue-green spots at the stem base are good field characters.
Amanita virosa has a ring and volva, very poisonous!
Tricholoma stiparophyllum has a matt cap, smells of cooked beetroot, poisonous.
Tricholoma lascivum s. lat. has a matt cap, different smell, poisonous.
Tricholoma inamoenum has a strong, pungent smell, poisonous.
Amanita virosa has a ring and volva, very poisonous!
Tricholoma stiparophyllum has a matt cap, smells of cooked beetroot, poisonous.
Tricholoma lascivum s. lat. has a matt cap, different smell, poisonous.
Tricholoma inamoenum has a strong, pungent smell, poisonous.
