This beautiful little tree mushroom, although it is found all over Europe, is nevertheless difficult to spot. It is also a fungus belonging to the protected and endangered species.
His hat has a beautiful bell-shaped shape, and although its name has the adjective blue-gray, its color is more silvery than gray. The size of the hat is not impressive and reaches a maximum of 12 mm in diameter. It is semicircular, convex. Its edge is even, sometimes curled, clearly ribbed or even grooved. The surface is smooth, matte.
The gills are quite sparse, wide and adherent to the handle, delicately serrated. The color of the gills is slightly bluish.
The leg is short, thin cylindrical, most often bent. It's empty inside. The color of the leg is identical to the hat. The leg has a matte surface and is covered with fine, sparse hairs.
The flesh of the mushroom is very brittle and very thin. The color is grayish, while the taste and smell are imperceptible. The blue-gray mushroom is an inedible mushroom.
This species of fungus can be found most often in deciduous trees. It grows singly on plant debris, on logs of deciduous trees, on bark covered with moss. The favorite trees of this mushroom are alder and beech. It appears in summer, when it is warm and humid, and grows until late autumn.
