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| synonyms: Scaly Knight, Tricolome de vache, Tricolome écailleux, Zottiger Ritterling |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Distinctly scaly |
| flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy) |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Tricholoma vaccinum (Pers. ex Fr.) Kummer. Zottiger Ritterling Tricolome écailleux, Tricolome de vache Scaly Knight. Cap 4–7cm across, slightly umbonate, flesh-brown, darker towards the centre, disrupting into woolly scales. Stem 30–45 x 8–12mm, fibrous, paler than cap. Flesh pallid to rosy, often hollow in stem. Taste bitter, smell mealy. Gills white at first, later pallid flesh-colour. Spore print white. Spores ovate, 5–7 x 4–5um. Habitat conifer woods. Season late summer to late autumn. Uncommon. Inedible. (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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