- Cap at first bell-shaped, then expanded and with a pointed umbo, grey, paler towards the margin.
- Gills adnexed, whitish to pale grey, with a black-dotted or entirely black-coloured gill edge.
- Stem smooth, whitish to grey.
- Flesh white, with bitter to burning acrid taste.
Tricholomatoid agarics
Ashen Knight
Tricholoma virgatum
LC
Least concern
Poisonous
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with spruce, possibly also with pine, in coniferous and mixed forest and occurs throughout the Nordic region.
Similar species
There are several similar grey Tricholoma species, but Tricholoma virgatum is characterised by its pointed cap and bitter to burning acrid taste.