Entoloma brightly colored (Entoloma euchroum)
Brightly colored entoloma can be seen on various continents – in Europe, Asia, North America. But the mushroom is rare, and therefore occurs infrequently.
It usually grows in late September – October. It prefers deciduous forests, as it grows on birch, alder, oak, ash, mountain ash. It can grow on hazel, and also, however, very rarely, on conifers (cypress).
In Our Country, the appearance of such a fungus was noted in the central part, in Western and Eastern Siberia, in some southern regions (Stavropol).
Entoloma euchroum features a bright purple hat and blue plates.
The fruiting body is a cap and a stem, while the stem can reach up to 7-8 centimeters in length. In young mushrooms, the cap has the shape of a hemisphere, then it straightens, becoming almost flat. There is a hollow in the middle of the hat.
Color – bluish, purple, gray, at a more mature age, the surface changes color, becomes brown. The plates of brightly colored entoloma also have a blue or purple color, maybe with a gray tint.
The cap is planted on a cylindrical leg – with scales, hollow, with a slight bend. There may be a small fluff at the bottom of the leg. Coloring – either the same color with a hat, or gray.
The pulp is very fragile, has an unpleasant specific smell and soapy taste. At the same time, depending on the age of the mushrooms, the smell may change, from sharp and rather unpleasant to perfumery.
The mushroom Entoloma euchroum belongs to inedible species, but the edibility of the species has not been thoroughly studied.