Entoloma euchroum (Pers.) Donk syn. Leptonia euchroa (Pers. Ex Fr.) Kummer Blaulicher Zartling. Cap 1–4cm across, bell-shaped, beautifully violaceous, sometimes with a slight brownish tint at centre, silky-fibrous. Stem 20–60 x 2–4mm, concolorous with cap. Flesh bluish-pallid. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills rich violaceous with a darker edge. Spore print pink. Spores angular, 9–11 x 5–7.5um. Habitat on branches, stumps or fallen trunks of alder, hazel, beech or birch. Season late summer to autumn. Uncommon. Said to be edible, better to avoid all Entelomas. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Found In Europe.