Species details
Silvery knight
Tricholoma argyraceum
Conditional / expert preparation
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Description
A pale grey to silvery Tricholoma with a fibrous-scaly cap; the source lists it as edible, but grey knights are difficult to identify.
Identification features
The cap is pale to silver-grey, dry and radially fibrous to finely scaly. Gills are white to greyish. The stem is whitish and lacks a ring.
Identification checklist
Check the pale silvery fibrous cap, white gills and absence of a ring. Because similar grey Tricholoma exist, use multiple characters.
Detailed features
- Cap
- The cap is pale to silver-grey, dry and radially fibrous to finely scaly.
- Hymenophore
- The gills are white to greyish.
- Stem
- The stem is whitish and lacks a ring.
Habitat
Grows in deciduous and mixed woodland and on grassy edges, from summer to autumn.
Fruiting period
July, August, September, October
Ecology
- Substrate
- Grassland
- Notes
- Grows in deciduous and mixed woodland and on grassy edges, from summer to autumn.
How to separate similar species
The key dangerous lookalike in the group is poisonous Tricholoma pardinum. A photograph alone is not sufficient for safe food decisions.