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

synonyms: Burnt Knight, Kstanienbrauner Ritterling, Tricolome brűlé
Tricholoma ustale F Mushroom
Ref No: 9576
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Tricholoma ustale Mushroom
Ref No: 9577
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Brown
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged, Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Tricholoma ustale (Fr. ex Fr.) Kummer. Kstanienbrauner Ritterling Tricolome brűlé Burnt Knight. Cap 4–8cm across, convex then expanded, viscid in wet weather, chestnut brown, paler at margin, blackening with age. Stem 30–60 x 10–15mm, fibrous, reddish-brown, apex paler. Flesh whitish, sometimes reddening slightly. Taste slightly bitter, smell not distinctive. Gills white, becoming rust-spotted, edges blackening with age. Spore print white. Spores elliptic-ovate, 5.5–7 x 4–5um. Habitat deciduous woods, especially beech. Season late summer to late autumn. Rare. Poisonous. Distribution, America and Europe.

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