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Tricholoma columbetta.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Blue Spot Knight, Columbette, Tricolome columbette, Weisseidiger Ritterling
Tricholoma columbetta Mushroom
Ref No: 9528
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Tricholoma columbetta2 Mushroom
Ref No: 9529
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: White to cream, Blue
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Tricholoma columbetta (Fr.) Kummer Weisseidiger Ritterling Tricolome columbette, Columbette, Blue Spot Knight. Cap 5–10cm across, convex then expanding, silky white sometimes with greenish, pinkish or violet-blue spots when old. Stem 40–100 x 10–20mm, rooting, white sometimes blue-green at base. Flesh white, firm. Taste none, smell not distinctive. Gills white, crowded. Spore print white. Spores oval, 5.5–7 x 3.5–5um. Habitat deciduous and coniferous woods. Season late summer to early autumn. Occasional. Edible – good but somewhat fibrous. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe.

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