Local Name
Alublisdzira (1).

Description
Cap: The cap is 3–13 cm, convex with a somewhat inrolled margin, becoming flat or irregular, often with a wavy margin, dry, finely suedelike or nearly bald, white, buff, or pale grayish. Gills are running down the stem, close or almost distant, whitish at first, then pinkish. Stem: The stem is 2–6 cm long, 1–2 cm thick, sometimes off-center, equal, solid, bald, dry, white or pale grayish. Flesh: The flesh is white or whitish, fairly firm, odor mealy. Spores: The spores are 8–12 X 4–6 µm, elliptical, almond-shaped, with sharply pinched ends, brownish pink or pale pinkish.
Habitat: On soils, in leafy and coniferous forests, on the edges of forests, on meadows, grasslands, pasturelands. Season: Summer, autumn.
Distribution: All regions of Georgia (2).

Uses
Edibility: Edible when young and fresh (1).

References
1. Nakhutsrishvili, I.G. (2007) Fungi of Georgia. Tbilisi: Buneba Printi.
2. Nakhutsrishvili, I.G., et al. (1986) Flora of Spore-producing Plants of Georgia (Summary). Tbilisi: Metsniereba (Russian).