Tricholoma orirubens has a dark grey or grey-brown cap up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) in diameter with darker blackish scales, and a straight or undulating margin. The cap is conical with a slight boss before opening and flattening, eventually with either a boss or central depression. The thick grey gills are emarginate or adnate and widely spaced, and turn red when bruised. The white or pale grey ringless stipe measures 4.5 to 8 cm tall and 0.7 to 2.5 cm wide, and has a distinctive blue tinged base.
Cap Diameter:
4 - 10 cm
Odor:
Mildly earthy, reminiscent of flour.
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Attributes
Toxicity and Edibility
Similar Species
Tips for Finding
Clean and Preserve
Common Questions
General Info About Blushing tricholoma
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Attributes of Blushing tricholoma
Cap Diameter
4 - 10 cm
Height
3 - 10 cm
Cap
Cap up to 8 cm in diameter; conical; grayish to brownish; with blackish fibers or scales; straight or undulating margin
Cap Shape
Convex, Flat
Cap Surfaces
Fibrillose-scaly
Gills
Adnate; widely spaced; white, becoming pinkish or reddish; turn red when bruised
Gill Attachment
Notched
Stem
Stem 4.5 - 8 cm tall, 7 - 25 mm wide; white, greenish or bluish
