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Tricholoma fulvum is a mushroom of the agaric genus Tricholoma. One guide reports that the species is inedible, while another says the fruit bodies are edible. It is a pale brown to reddish-brown mushroom with crimped hat edges.
Source: Wikipedia
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Distribution
Widespread and common
Habitat
In boggy areas, associated with Betula, more rarely conifers
Associates
Betula
Cap
Paler at the margin
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| Shape | Convex, Umbonate, Flattened |
| Surface | Smooth, Fibrillose, Squamose, Viscid |
| Width | 4 - 12 cm |
| Margin | Sulcate |
Gills
Often with brown spotting
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| Attachment | Emarginate |
| Spacing | crowded |
Flesh
Fibrous
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| Odour | Farinaceous when cut |
| Taste | Farinaceous to bitter |
Stem
Concolorous with the cap but whitish towards apex
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| Height | 4 - 12 cm |
| Width | 5 - 20 mm |
| Texture | Fibrillose |
| Shape | Cylindric |
Spores
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| Type | inamyloid |
| Shape | Ellipsoid |
| Ornamentation | Smooth |
| Size | 5-7 x 4-5.5 μm |
Confirmed
Unconfirmed
Classification
- ↳ Phylum: Basidiomycota
- ↳ Subphylum: Agaricomycotina
- ↳ Class: Agaricomycetes
- ↳ Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
- ↳ Order: Agaricales
- ↳ Family: Tricholomataceae
- ↳ Genus: Tricholoma
Synonyms
- Agaricus flavobrunneus Fr.
- Agaricus fulvus Bull.
- Agaricus nictitans Fr.
- Agaricus nictitans L.
- Tricholoma flavobrunneum (Fr. ex Pers.) Kummer
- Tricholoma flavobrunneum (Fr.) P. Kumm.
- Tricholoma fulvum (DC ex Fr.) Sacc.
- Tricholoma nictitans (Fr.) Gillet
Reference Sources
T. Læssøe, J. H. Peterson (2019) Fungi of Temperate Europe Vol. 1. Princeton University Press.
G. Kibby (2020) Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe Vol. 2. Geoffrey Kibby.
G. Kibby (2017) The Genus Tricholoma in Britain. Geoffrey Kibby.
