How to tell Grey knight from Wood pinkgill

Cap 3-8 cm across, distinctly conical or bell-shaped when young, becoming flat-conical with a low, broad central bump with age. The skin is finely fibrous-felty, like a mouse's fur, grey to dark grey, mouse-coloured, darker at the centre and paler toward the margin. Old caps have fine radial cracks. The margin is even and thin, and may be slightly wavy in damp weather.

The cap is 3–10 cm across and fairly thin-fleshed. Young caps are convex or bell-shaped, then flatten with a low, broad bump; in old mushrooms the centre sinks slightly, leaving the bump in the middle.

The colour is grey-brown, beige, yellowish grey or olive-grey. The cap is hygrophanous: dark when wet, with faint lines at the edge, fading almost to off-white as it dries, often in patches. The surface is smooth, a little sticky in damp weather and silky-shiny when dry.

Gilled: the gills are notched (sinuate) where they meet the stem, moderately crowded, thin and brittle. Colour: whitish to greyish-white, turning grey with a faint yellowish tinge with age. Spore print white.

The gills are attached to the stem, sometimes running slightly down it, and moderately spaced. They are white in young mushrooms, turn pink with age and become dull pink in old ones.

The spore print is pink. This is what separates a pinkgill from grey knights, domecaps and funnels, which all leave a white print.

Stem 3-7 cm tall, 0.7-1.5 cm thick, cylindrical, firm when young, hollow when old. Colour: white to greyish-white, with no noticeable spots. Surface smooth with fine lengthwise fibres. No ring.

The stem is 4–10 cm tall and 0.5–1.5 cm thick, white or greyish, smooth and silky, with fine lengthwise fibres. It is stuffed at first, then becomes hollow and brittle and is easily crushed between your fingers.

There is no ring, no veil remnants and no volva. The very base can have a little white mycelial fluff.

Flesh thin, brittle, white in the cap, greyish-white in the stem. Does not change colour when cut. Smell faint, hardly distinctive, taste mild, no bitterness.

The flesh is white, thin and brittle, doesn't change colour when broken and has no milk. The taste is mild or mealy, not bitter.

Faint and hardly distinctive, with no sharp notes. Unlike the soapy knight, it doesn't smell of soap.

The smell is indistinct or faintly of flour; in the smelly form (Entoloma nidorosum) it is sharp and chemical, like bleach or ammonia. Drying mushrooms smell unpleasant. Don't rely on smell: the edible mushrooms it is mistaken for smell of flour as well.