Tricholoma saponaceum var squamosum 26 October 2014 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Soap scented Tricholoma Cap Convex, often with a broad central bump, grey to olivaceous, smooth, sometimes scaly, to about 10 cm across Gills Adnate to emarginate, fairly broad, white to pale yellow Stem Cylindrical to club shaped, +/- scaly, whitish, scales olivaceous Smell Soapy Taste Mealy Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat With deciduous and coniferous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (4.5-6) x (3-4) µm2. Edibility Inedible Notes According to Christensen and Heilmann-Clausen in The Genus Tricholoma, specimens growing with coniferous trees may represent a separate species. 
Tricholoma saponaceum var squamosum 14 October 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |