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Entoloma gray-white, or lead-white, grows in the middle lane. Belongs to the large family Entolomaceae, a synonym for Entoloma lividoalbum, in popular science literature it is a bluish-white rosacea.
Description of Entoloma gray-white
The large, inedible mushroom gives the forest more variety. In order not to mistakenly put it in a basket during a quiet hunt, you should study its description in detail.
Description of the hat
The cap of the entoloma is gray-white, large, 3 to 10 cm wide. At first it is cone-shaped, later it opens, takes on a slightly convex or flat-convex shape with a small tubercle in the middle, dark or light. Sometimes, instead of a bulge, a depression forms, and the edges rise. The top is painted in yellow-brown shades, divided into circular zones. In dry weather, the color is lighter, the shade of ocher, the zoning is more pronounced. The skin is slippery after rain.
Frequent plates are initially whitish, then cream, dark pink, of uneven width. The dense flesh is white, thicker in the center, translucent at the edges. There is a mealy smell.
Leg description
The height of the cylindrical clavate stem of the gray-white entoloma is 3-10 cm, the diameter is 8-20 mm.
Other signs:
- often curved;
- fine fibrous flakes on a smooth surface on top;
- white or light cream;
- solid white flesh inside.
Is the mushroom edible or not
The fruiting body contains toxic substances; Entoloma is gray-white, according to experts, inedible. This is also indicated by an unpleasant smell.
Where and how it grows
Lead-white entoloma is rare, but it grows in different areas of Europe:
- on the edges of deciduous forests or in large clearings, along the sides of forest roads;
- in parks;
- in gardens with uncultivated soil.
The time of appearance is from the 20th of August to the beginning, mid-October.
Doubles and their differences
Collecting the garden Entoloma common in many areas, beginners can, instead of a conditionally edible specimen with a beige-gray hat, 5-10 cm in diameter, take a gray-white one. But their dates of appearance in the forest are different - the garden is harvested in late spring.
Another inedible species, Entoloma sagged, appears at the same time, towards the end of summer and in September. The hat is similar - gray-brown, large, and the leg is thin, gray. The smell is insipid.
Conclusion
Entoloma gray-white, being not an edible mushroom, differs from usable ones not so much in appearance, but in terms of timing. Other doubles also do not collect.
