19 October 2008 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, radially fibrillose, viscid when moist, margin often grooved, orange brown to reddish brown, to about 9 cm across Gills Adnate to emarginate, fairly broad, white to pale pinkish brown, often developing brown spots with age Stem Club shaped to cylindrical, pale pinkish brown, usually with a well demarcated white zone at the apex Flesh Firm, white to pale pinkish brown Smell Mealy Taste Mealy or slightly bitter Season Autumn Distribution Rare Habitat With pines Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (4.5-6.5) x (3-4.5) µm2. Basidia club shaped, 4 spored. Cystidia not present. Edibility Edible, poor Notes The specimens shown were identified using the keys and descriptions in The Genus Tricholoma by Christensen and Heilmann-Clausen. It is distinguished from T. pessundatum by the radially fibrillose cap, grooved margin, and gills with brown spots. The identification has not been independently confirmed. Specimens were lodged at Kew as Tricholoma cf pessundatum, before purchase of The Genus Tricholoma. Note that Kew do not recognise this as a British species. |