| Species name | Entoloma bloxamii |
| Common name | Big blue pinkgill |
| Cap | 3-8cm, conical > bell-shaped > convex, broadly umbonate, steel blue > off-grey, smooth with radial fibrils |
| Gills | adnate-emerginate, white > pink, crowded |
| Stipe | 3-7cm, tapering downwards, stout, finely fibrous |
| Growth form | Solitary or small groups |
| Spore print | brown-pink |
| Spore features | angular (pentagonal or hexagonal in side-view) |
| Habitat | unimproved grassland |
| Season | Summer-Autumn |
| Distribution | Widespread, uncommon |
| Identifying feature | blue colour |
| Similar species | No other species in the genus shares this colour and size |
Irish Grassland Fungi 