Tricholoma terreum

Common Name: Earth-gray Tricholoma

Synonyms:

Substrate: Ground

Location: Conifer Forests

Spore Color: White

Gill Color: White to grayish

Comments: 

This Tricholoma has a somewhat unique texture to the cap that can be used as a basis for your ID. It is a dark gray color and has a fairly hairy texture. The flesh is thin and fragile.

Scientific Name: "terreum" is from the Latin "terra" = "earth."

Lookalikes:  

Tricholoma virgatum has an acrid taste, a conic cap and a white stem that does not stain. Tricholoma myomyces has a cobwebby partial veil when young. Tricholoma saponaceum has pink and/or orange tones at the base of the stem.

Pictures:

10/23/12 - Leonard Springs Nature Preserve - Bloomington, IN