Girdled Knight

Girdled Knight - Tricholoma cingulatum

Description

The cap is initially conical, expanding to a campanulate shape; pale or dark grey with a woolly/scaly surface. The gills are emarginate and also pale grey; the pale grey stipe has a ring near the top.   The smell and taste are mealy. 

Similar Species

There are many other grey Tricholoma, but without a well-defined ring 

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph from top down, in side view, and from underneath to show gills and full lengh of the stipe, ensure your photo shows a ring.

Habitat

Associated with Salix

When to see it

Late summer and autumn.

UK Status

Common and widespread (Kibby, Vol.2, 2020)

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

Additional images

No additional images available for this species.

All NatureSpot records