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Tricholoma scalpturatum.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Silbergrauer Erdritterling, Tricholoma argyraceum, Tricolome gravé, Yellowing Knight
Tricholoma argyraceum Mushroom
Ref No: 9519
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Tricholoma argyraceum2 Mushroom
Ref No: 9520
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Tricholoma argyraceum3 Mushroom
Ref No: 9521
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location: Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Yellow, Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Tricholoma scalpturatum (Fr.) Quél. Gillet syn. Tricholoma argyraceum (Bull. ex St. Amans) syn. T. chrysites (Fr.) Gillet Silbergrauer Erdritterling Tricolome gravé Yellowing Knight. Cap 4–8cm across, pale grey or grey-brown to almost white, the cuticle often breaking into felty scales leaving the cap even paler in colour, often tinged yellowish-brown at the centre. Stem 40–80 x 6–12mm, white often faintly flushed with the cap colour. Flesh white in cap, greyish in stem. Taste and smell mealy. Gills emarginate, white becoming spotted with yellow especially when old and beginning to decay. Spore print white. Spores 5–6 x 3–4um. Habitat in pine or beech woods. Season early summer to late autumn. Occasional. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Found In Europe.

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