Fruitbody: cap up to 8 cm, conical then expanded, umbonate, not hygrophanous, in shades of blue-grey and indigo. Gills are crowded, emarginate, white then salmon pink. Stem is up to 7x3.5 cm, brighter colour of cap, with yellow tinged base.

Microscopy: 5-6-angled in side-view, 7.5-9x6.5-8 μm.

Flesh: whitish, thick, smell and taste weakly farinaceous.

Habitat: on grasslands, in woodlands. Very rare.

Edibility: inedible

References:

Bas, C et al (1988). Flora Agaricina Neerlandica, Balkema, Rotterdam.

Nordeloos, M.E. (1992). Entoloma s.l., Fungi Europaei, Giovanna Biella, Saronno

Photo: Gyiorgos Konstantinidis