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

synonyms: Graublättriger Erdritterling, Grey Knight, Petit-gris, Saint-Martin, Tricolome couleur de terre
Tricholoma terreum Mushroom
Ref No: 9573
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Tricholoma terreum2 Mushroom
Ref No: 9574
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Tricholoma terreum3 Mushroom
Ref No: 9575
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Tricholoma terreum (Schaeff. ex Fr.) Kummer. Graublättriger Erdritterling Tricolome couleur de terre. Petit-gris, Saint-Martin, Grey Knight. Cap 4–7cm across, convex with a low broad umbo, light to dark grey, downy to felty. Stem 30–80 x 10–15mm, white and silky smooth. Flesh whitish grey. Taste pleasant, not mealy, smell not distinctive. Gills emarginate, distant, whitish to grey. Spore print white. Spores 6–7 x 3.5–4.5um Habitat in woods, especially with conifers. Season late summer to late autumn. Uncommon. Edible with caution. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe.

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