Grey Knight - Tricholoma terreum
The cap is 3 to 6 cm wide and evenly covered in fine grey scales. Convex with a slight boss, it is broadly conical in shape. The whitish stipe has no ring. Gills are free (unattached to the stipe).
Under conifers, particularly pine and spruce.
Autumn.
Widespread but sometimes local in Britain.
Local in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
10 November 2015
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
10 November 2015
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
06 November 2013
specimen examined
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- Common names
- Grey Knight
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Tricholomataceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 13
- First record:
- 06/11/2013 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 01/12/2023 (Bell, Melinda)
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Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
06 November 2013
specimen examined
