Fruit body: cap up to 12 cm, fleshy, rounded, then expanded and depressed, velvety, greenish to blue-green, cracks and shows brighter base, sometimes with ochraceous patches, especially in centre. Gills are crowded, whitish. Stem is up to 8x3 cm, whitish, often with brown patches.

Microscopy: spores broadly ellipsoid to globose, ornamented with irregularly spaced warts, 5.5-10x5-7 μm, whitish cream en masse. Cystidia exist.

Flesh: very hard, whitish, without distinct smell and sweetish taste reminiscent of young hazelnuts.

Chemical reaction: flesh reacts positively with guaiacola, while with FeSO₄ reacts clear orange, while with formaline mild pink.

Habitat: season summer to autumn in sunny, deciduous woods, on acidic terrains.

Edibility: edible, good quality.

Reference: Uzelac, B. (2009). Gljive Srbije i zapadnog Balkana, BGV Logik, Beograd.

Photo: Goran Milošević