Blue Entoloma (Entoloma cyanulum)
Entoloma bluish is a member of the entoloma family of the same name.
This species is distributed throughout Europe, but is rare in almost all regions.
In Our Country, there is little (Lipetsk, Tula region). Prefers open grass, wet lowlands, and peat bogs. Mushrooms are found in fairly large groups.
Season – August – end of September.
The fruiting body of the bluish entoloma is represented by a cap and a stem. It is a plate type.
head reaches a diameter of up to 1 centimeter, initially has the shape of a bell, then becomes convex, with a tubercle in the center. The surface of the cap is striped, radial.
The color of the skin of the mushroom is dark gray, bluish, brownish. At the edges, the surface of the cap is lighter. The surface is smooth, the center is small scales.
Records rare, first have a creamy color, then begin to turn pink.
Leg has the shape of a cylinder, its length usually reaches 6-7 centimeters. At the base – expanded, the color of the legs is gray, bluish, the surface is smooth, even shiny.
Pulp without a special smell and taste, the color is bluish.
The edibility of entoloma bluish is unknown.