| Tricholoma atrosquamosum (Chevall.) Sacc. |
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common name(s) : Dark Scaled Knight, Black-scaled Tricholoma
synonyms: Tricholoma terreum-atrosquamosum edibility : edible
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The cap is grey black to brown black, convex then flattened, with a central umbo; its margin is scaly. The cap surface is covered with blackish brown scales on an cream background, darker towards the centre, and more woolly-fibrillose at the margin, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is whitish to greyish, silky, not or hardly scaly, without ring nor ring zone. The flesh is white to greyish, unchanging; its taste is mealy or nutty; the odour is peppery (like wild ginger) or fruity; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white to grey, with their edge sometimes with blackish dots, emarginate, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in coniferous woods or broad-leaved woods, on a rather calcareous soil, with beech, spruce, oak, hornbeam. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : grey to dark brown scaly cap; silky stem, sometimes with a few dark scales; stem base and gills not turning yellow or red when bruised; peppery odour; grey gills with their edge sometimes dotted with dark spots Tricholoma atrosquamosum is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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